Monument to national partisans B. Mikulanas and A. Staris
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The monument to the national partisans of the Ilūkstes partisan regiment of the Latvian National Guards (partisans) association Boļeslav Mikulānas (1918 - 1951) and Anton Staris (1909 -1953) in the "Kuršu" homestead in Celminiekos, Dunava parish, was opened on November 1, 2003, following the initiative of Gunārs Blūzma, a researcher of the national partisans of Selia .
From August 1944, B. Mikulāns was active in various national partisan groups, including the Bebrene group and the Dignāja group in 1949. 1949/1950 B. Mikulāns together with A. Stari hid with Jānis Brakovka in Kurši on the edge of the large forest of Bebrene Celminieki. On May 9, 1951, when B. Mikulāns went to get the products, he was murdered by the officer of the 2-N section of the check, Švaroj. A. Staris committed suicide in March 1953 after the Chekists surrounded Kuršu.
In the memorial stele made of granite, next to the names of the fallen national partisans B. Mikulanas and A. Stara, the inscription: "Falled in the fight against the communist regime" is engraved.
Panaudoti šaltiniai ir literatūra:
https://latgaleslaiks.lv/lv/2003/11/11/16227
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Settlement of Sēlija forest brothers in Sūpe bog
Sūpe swamp is connected with the places of guerrilla settlements and fighting, which have developed in the interaction of people and places. This is described in the ballad of the Latvian exile Albert Eglītis about the events in his homeland in Sūpe mire "Moss and mud" - a tribute to the partisans of Sūpe mire: