Latvijos kariuomenės šarvuotas traukinys Nr.5 arba "Kolpaks"
Latvijos kariuomenės šarvuotas traukinys Nr.5 arba „Kalpaks“ buvo lengvasis šarvuotas traukinys Latvijos ginkluotosiose pajėgose 1919 m.
Traukinys buvo apkaltas metalinėmis plokštėmis, turėjo tik du šarvuotus vagonus, vieną iš dalies šarvuotą lokomotyvą ir platformą, kurios šonus buvo galima naudoti kaip priedangą šaudymui, taip pat vidaus ryšių sistemą. Šarvuotas traukinys pastatytas Liepojos geležinkelio depo dirbtuvėse ir pradėtas eksploatuoti 1919 m. spalio 28 d.
Pastatytas Liepojos geležinkelio dirbtuvėse, vadovaujant inžinieriui SPROGE, pulkininko DANKERS nurodymu. Po pilno formavimo traukinio ginkluotė: 2 vagonai su kulkosvaidžiais (Lewis sistema), savaeigiais pabūklais ir kai kuriais Maxim sistemos kulkosvaidžiais; 1 konkursas su 1 naujo tipo anglišku 3 colių karinio jūrų laivyno pabūklu, 1 keturviete PULMAN platforma su 2 angliškais jūriniais pabūklais (senesnio tipo) galuose ir 1 Vickers 38 mm priešlėktuviniu pabūklu viduryje, 1 prekinį lokomotyvą, 1 vagoną su 60 cm prožektoriumi. Vagonai ir lokomotyvas apginkluoti iš viršaus ir iš šonų, šonuose atviros pabūklų platformos. Šarvai pagaminti iš laivo katilinės skardos, maždaug 15 – 20 mm storio. Be to, keli krovininiai vagonai buvo paversti gyvenamosiomis patalpomis, o kai kuriuose – platformos su geležinkelio remonto medžiagomis. Visi riedmenys buvo gauti negausiai, tuo metu buvo Liepojos padalinio žinioje. Pavadinimas „Kolpaks“ traukiniui buvo suteiktas pulkininko DANKER įsakymu, pasiūlius tuometiniam Liepojos operacijų viršininkui BĒRZIŅA.
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Lieutenant Commander of the Armoured Train Lieutenant Alfred Klestrov , born 8 March 1897 in Liepaja. Graduated from Liepāja City School, then from the surveyors' school in Riga.
Conscripted into the Russian Army during World War I, graduated from the Battalion School in Moscow. Served on the Romanian front, fought in Ukraine. When Ukraine was occupied by German troops, he returned to Riga.
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Monument to the soldiers who fell in the battles for the liberation of Liepāja in the Northern Cemetery
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Berth of the ship "Saratov" in Liepaja
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The real berth of the ship "Saratov".
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Built in 1888 in Copenhagen in the shipyard "Buvmeistar & Wain" under the name "Leopold II". 1911. In 2010, it was bought by the joint-stock company Russian North-West Shipping and renamed "Saratov", Latvian Aleksandrs Remes became the ship's captain...
