Monument to Cēsis ornaments at the site of the first battle
Memorialinis vieta
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Located in Drabešu parish, 79th kilometer of Vidzeme highway.
A monument made of granite can be seen, in which a stylized scheme of the invasion of the Bolsheviks was carved.
The monument has been discovered and consecrated. December 28, 2018. In Drabešu Parish, on December 24, 1918, the reconnaissance team of Captain Artūrs Jansons (1893 - 1941) prevented the Red Army scouts from moving from Cēsis to Ieriķi with a heavy machine gun fire. It was the first armed clash of Latvian troops with the Red Army of Soviet Russia.
Panaudoti šaltiniai ir literatūra:
https://www.la.lv/piemineklis-piemirstai-neatkaribas-kara-epizodei
http://edruva.lv/brivibas-cinu-sakums-iezimets
http://news.lv/Amatas-Avize/2016/11/04/cesu-rotas-1918-gada-cinu-cela-pedas-amatas-novada
https://timenote.info/lv/Arturs-Jansons-23.01.1893
