Karinio paveldo turizmo istorijos

Leonid Zariņš was recruited as a CIA agent in the USA and in 1953 he crossed the border of the USSR on a plane from Germany and landed with a parachute near Auce. Unfortunately, one of the contacts he was supposed to be in touch with had turned out to be a double agent, and Leonidas was soon arrested. He refused to cooperate with the Chekists and was shot without trial in 1954.

Lugu baski päritolu lendurist Benito Aguirrest (korrektse nimega Ignacio Aguirregoicoa Benito), kes Mustvee kohal alla tulistati.

When the troops occupied the area, it was not always possible to find out the name of the specific houses, skrajciems or sajja. The local population had been evacuated and there was no one to ask, so Germans tend to give places their own names. The story of the house in Wilischki has been preserved. In his memoirs, the commander of the pioneer company, vice-feldfebel Koch, who had attended the reserve officers' course, writes that one of the artillery units was stationed near the house.

The first builders appeared to Ninas in the autumn of 1939.

The description looks at the battlefield fortification in general. It is based on the experience of the First World War and the situation when it is necessary to organize extensive work on the fortifications.

The narrators describe the moods and personal experiences of the Barricade period. Memories illustrate well how information can reach the people of Latvia throughout its territory.

More than 70 years ago, Lithuanian coastguards were executed for helping their neighbours, Latvian boat refugees, to reach Sweden. When the German occupation authorities found out about this, they brutally

Alfons Volgemuth was a 19-year-old boy, a radio operator and served in the army of Nazi Germany.

"No one has come back from this operation and it is not known if there are any survivors. I myself took part in that war as a 19-year-old radio operator and I am one of the 2, later 3 survivors who were taken prisoner by the Russians. I want to reflect the events from my own experience."

In October 1944, the German army retreats. The 3rd armoured train arrives at Vaiņode station.

As a result of the collapse of the German front, only small units of the German 61st Infantry Division, supported by the armoured train, were present in the eastern outskirts of Vaiņode. The resistance was quickly overcome and by the evening of 9 October the whole of Vaiņode was under the complete control of the Red Army.

The report of the commander of the German army armoured train No.3 reflects the intense events of those days and the loss of armoured train No.3.

One of the most striking stories about the birth of the peace of Tartu is how young soldiers were made to march around the city in the winter of 1919/1920. It probably started with the failure of the border negotiations. estap Colonel Viktor Puskar, Commander of the Second Division, ordered the Tartu School Students' Battalion to march around the city in such a way as to repeatedly pass from Aia (now Vanemuise) Street near the conference house as well as Veski Street, where the Russian delegation stopped

On March 27, 1919, the 1st Valmiera Infantry Regiment, together with the Estonian bodyguard Tallinn (then Rēvele) and Tērbata battalions, as well as three armed trains from the banks of the Melnupe, began the liberation of Latvia from the Bolsheviks.

A list of the material and cost of making the monument.

How anti-tank trenches were dug on the Jalaka line to protect against German invasion in the summer of 1941.

Povilas Plechavičius – Lietuvos kariuomenės generolas, pagarsėjęs kovomis prieš bolševikus ir bermontininkus. 1918-07-25 iš Rusijos grįžęs į Lietuvą, P. Plechavičius apsigyveno Žemaitijoje ir suorganizavo savanorių partizanų būrius kovai prieš bolševikų ir bermontininkų pajėgas, su kuriais kovojo Sedos, Mažeikių, Kretingos ir Telšių apylinkėse.

1948 m. sausio 7 d. Milių kaimo miškelyje, Viekšnių valsčiuje, po ilgo pasipriešinimo žuvo du jauni partizanai - Pranas Šiuipys ir Albertas Švažas, atsisakę pasiduoti sovietų kariuomenei.

Mažeikių rajone, Kurmaičiuose, 1904-1905 m. pastatytas geležinkelio tiltas per Ventą tapo ne tik strategiškai svarbiu objektu karo metu, bet ir vieta, apie kurią sklando paslaptingi pasakojimai apie karių vaiduoklius ir nepaaiškinamus reiškinius.

Jaunimui ir sovietinių laikų nepažįstantiems užsieniečiams bus sunku patikėti, kad sovietų piliečiui legaliai išvykti iš SSRS buvo praktiškai neįmanoma.

In the northern part of the fortress was located one of the four coastal defence batteries, Battery No.1, but at the time of the fortress's liquidation its armament was not fully installed.

Spending my childhood near the Zvārde target range, under the sounds of explosions and flying jet planes, but still sometimes on weekends I could enter the range. After the departure of the Soviet army, the land was littered with bomb craters and many explosive objects, not only from the time of the landfill, but also from World War II.

1926-1931 metais veikusi Varnių koncentracijos stovykla tapo ypatinga vieta, kur kartu kalėjo komunistai, krikščionys demokratai ir net smulkūs chuliganai - visi, kas galėjo kelti grėsmę Smetonos režimui.

Artūrs Ozols graduated from Riga Polytechnic and served as a naval officer (midshipman) and engineer in the Russian Black Sea Fleet aboard the warship Panteleimon. During the Latvian Liberation Struggle, he joined the Student Company. In Liepaja he put the ship "Saratov" into service. Arthurs Ozols' memoirs about the ship "Saratov" were published in the Dauagava Vanagi monthly

Lawyer Jānis Sūna has published his memories of his time in the Grieze filtration camp in his autobiographical book.

Galima daryti prielaidą, kad Liepoja trumpą laiką buvo Latvijos sostinė, nes Laisvės kovų metu Laikinoji vyriausybė stovėjo laive Saratov būtent šiame mieste. Laikinąją vyriausybę po išvadavimo Saratovas nugabeno į Rygą, tačiau daug kas nežino, kad tokio mums svarbaus laivo istorija baigėsi jūroje ties Akmenrage.

Birželio 23 dieną estai švenčia Pergalės dieną, pažymėdami bendrą Latvijos ir Estijos pergalę Cėsių mūšyje. Ir šioje pergalėje nemažą vaidmenį suvaidino Estijos karinis jūrų laivynas, kuris šiame Landesvero kare, kaip jį vadina estai, savo drąsiais veiksmais ir tikslia patrankų ugnimi Dauguvos žiotyse kėlė grėsmę pagrindiniams vokiečių pajėgų tiekimo maršrutams per Dauguvą visai netoli Rygos.

The base of seaplanes was built in Papissaare and the air defense batteries of Kiirassaare were built.

The last fortification lines of the army group "Kurzeme" were located in the vicinity of Krotė and many objects related to the Second World War have been found there.

Raadi military airfield in Tartu was the target of a US nuclear attack during the Cold War.

1944 m. kautynėse prie Sedos buvo patirta ne tik didvyriškų momentų, bet ir paniško bėgimo epizodų, kai kariai, matydami artėjančią pralaimėjimo grėsmę, bandė gelbėti savo gyvybes.

Domicella Pundure is 90. At Riga Castle on May 3, 2018, she received the Order of Viesturs from the hands of President Raimonds Vejonis for special merits in the national resistance movement and in defending the country's independence. Domicella Pundure remains the last witness to the battle of Stompaku bog.

On 7 March 1945, the "Red Arrows" partisan camp was surrounded and attempted to be destroyed by German troops. Vilis Samsons, in his book published in 1974 by "Zinātne", Riga, describes the course of this battle

The narrator describes the first impressions of getting to the Corner House. Memories reveal the harsh living conditions of the prisoners.

The memorial site is located on the site of the former “Daiņkalni” and “Graškalni” houses of Rauna Parish, under which a group of national partisans led by Dailonis Breiks (nickname Edgars, 1911-1952) hid in the bunkers created from 1950 to 1952.

Vokiečių pajėgoms sparčiai artėjant prie Talino, įvyko plataus masto karinio jūrų laivyno Talino evakuacijos operacija. Jo metu minų laukuose ir nuo oro atakų ar pakrantės artilerijos ugnies žuvo daug laivų ir jų įgulų bei jame buvusių žmonių.

Pulkininko leitenanto Vilio Gelbės (1890-1919) likimas atspindi sunkią mūsų valstybės ir kariuomenės formavimosi situaciją bei šių įvykių vertinimą.
1918 m. lapkričio 18 d. paskelbus Latvijos valstybę, prasidėjo ir jos Nepriklausomybės karas bei ginkluotųjų pajėgų kūrimo darbai. Latvių karių savanorių priešakyje buvo Kuržemėje gimęs karinio jūrų laivyno leitenantas Vilis Gelbė.

Valdo Pigožnio prisiminimai „Upīškalno“ operacijos metu apie Upīškalno karinę bazę

(Pigožnis buvo buvęs Kurmalės seniūnijos vadovas)

During the First World War, a monument in the form of a woman was created by the German army

Between the two world wars, Estonia's own armored cars were made at the Arsenal military factory. One copy of them is in the Jõgewa Military Museum.

The fate of the legendary battery commander, Alexander Stebel, is overshadowed by a veil of mystery.

1949 m. rugpjūčio 13 d. Radviliškio apskrityje, Užpelkių miške, įvyko lemtingas mūšis, kurio metu žuvo LLKS tarybos prezidiumo narys, Vasario 16-osios deklaracijos signataras Bronius Liesys-Naktis kartu su kitais Prisikėlimo apygardos partizanais.

A powerful factory with a rich history starting from 1878.

Description of the combat activity of the commander of the detachment, Lieutenant Commander Julius Rosenthal Vilis Narkevics, 3 November 1921

The repository of cultural history and regional research materials of the lake "Muitas nams" has been established in a historically important building. On May 8, 1945, the act of capitulation of the Nazi German army group "Kurland" surrounded on the Kurzeme front was signed here.

Former Red Army soldier Kārlis Liberts shares his memories of the events of that day

Memories of Lieutenant Commander Jānis Ķīselis about the battles at Skrunda School on 22 January 1919

Eesti Vabadussõjas toimunud Lohusuu lahingust ja seal osalenud meestest ja relvadest.

1919 m. lapkričio 21-22 dienomis Radviliškio mieste įvyko lemtingos kautynės tarp Lietuvos kariuomenės ir bermontininkų - rusų belaisvių bei vokiečių savanorių jungtinių pajėgų, kurios baigėsi reikšminga lietuvių pergale.

On November 7, 1944, memories of poet Kārļis Skalbe's 65th birthday in Jūrkalne's "Laukgaļi" brought a bright mood to the Latvian refugee settlement on the Kurzeme coast. Just four days later, Kārlis Skalbe went by boat to Sweden as a refugee. It was the day when Kārlis Skalbe celebrated his birthday for the last time.

The records of the German army group "North", later renamed "Kurland" during the siege of Courland, still do not contain clear information about the approximately 50 000 German soldiers. These soldiers are listed as missing. Even today, the relatives of these soldiers are trying to find traces of their relatives and ancestors in Kurland, both documentary and physical. One such story is that of Karl Grimm, a German soldier from Swabia (a historical region in south-west Germany, at the source of the Rhine and Danube rivers), whose war career was cut short on 27 October 1944 at the Krūmi home near Vaiņode (5 km to the NW from Vaiņode, Latvia)

P. Chevers gathered former officers of the legion around him, and also welcomed the local residents of Kurzeme into the group. They all chose to remain faithful to the idea of a free and independent Latvian state, rather than submit to a foreign occupation. Chever's group deployed in the territory of Vandzene - Upesgriva - Okte parishes of Talsi district, trying to avoid frontal clashes with Czech troops or fighter battalion fighters

The German armed forces deployed radar stations in several locations, which allowed much earlier identification of enemy aviation activity in the Kurzeme area.

Division Commander Captain Jānis Ozols 27.12.1944. in the report to the commander of the 15th (1st Latvian) SS-art. regiment about the losses of the weapons of the 7th, 8th and 9th batteries in the battles from December 24-25 in Zvejnieku - Dirba district

The heroic actions of the fallen officer of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps of the Red Army, Jakob Kundera, ensured the successful attack of the battalion, but he himself was killed and a monument is dedicated to Jakob Kundera at the place of his fall and a monument has been erected at the Tušku Brethren Cemetery.

The narrator describes Kārlis Zali as a personality who created the most famous works of Latvian art. The description is dedicated to the commemoration of the hall in 1942 (the year of K. Hall's death). The memories have been chosen to describe K. Zāle's works based on the author's personal qualities and perception of the world.

1941 m. birželio 24-25 d. Rainių miškelyje, netoli Telšių, NKVD ir raudonarmiečiai ypatingai žiauriai nukankino 73 politinius kalinius iš Telšių kalėjimo - tai tapo vienu kraupiausiųjų sovietų nusikaltimų Lietuvoje.

After regaining independence, the residents of Dundaga installed a large wooden star of David at the place of the murder and reburial of the Jews near the Mazirbe - Dundaga highway, and later the Council of Jewish Congregations and Communities of Latvia opened a memorial stone next to it.

From the time of the refugees, Valka agreed to play a more important role than other cities in Vidzeme, because the politically active newspaper Līdums was located here, where Latvia's spiritual and political weapons were minted, and also because there was a crossroads where roads from three On the Latvian side: from Riga, Alūksne, Mozekile, and also from Estonia and Russia, she had links with refugees everywhere - in Tartu, Pliskava, Moscow and St. Petersburg. There was a large refugee center here.

Felker (German: Völcker) was a 20-year-old boy, serving in an intelligence division in the Nazi German army, who narrates the events of November 8 and 9, which vividly reflect the frontline events in Zvārde, where the frontline moved back and forth for 4 months, including in the vicinity of the Ķērkliņi church.

Pavilostos gyventojai Aina Jakovļeva ir Irina Kurčanova dalijasi prisiminimais apie sovietmetį Pavilostoje.

There were interesting incidents in Soviet times with the name and geographical location of "Krasnoflotskaya"

Colonel Oskars Kalpaks won the respect of his soldiers by his personal example and encouragement.

The repository of cultural history and regional research materials of the lake "Muitas nams" has been established in a historically important building. On May 8, 1945, the act of capitulation of the units of the Nazi German army surrounded on the Kurzeme front was signed here.

Jānis Miesnieks (b. 1930), a former resident of Ezer, shares his memories about the events of that day.

Extrajudicial killings in Latvian territory during the war, at the end of June and beginning of July 1941, were the last manifestation of repression and violence in the first stage of the communist occupation, which ended with the entry of Nazi German troops into the entire territory of Latvia.

The reason for the shooting was terrible and tragic – it was no longer possible to transfer the detainees to Russia, but they could not be left alive. As a result, extrajudicial shootings of residents took place in Liepāja during the war, similarly to the cases in Riga Central Prison, Valmiera Prison, Valka and Rēzekne militias, and on the Croix Hill near Ludza. In Liepāja, this crime of the Soviet occupation power was realized in the "Blue Miracle" – Liepaja militia building, Republikas Street 19.

Praėjus vos dviem mėnesiams po vestuvių, mokytoja Rimtautė Jakaitienė kartu su vyru ir jo tėvais buvo ištremta į Sibirą. Be teismo, be kaltinimų - tiesiog už tai, kad buvo šeima.

Imanto Upnerio prisiminimai apie sovietmetį.

The order of the Army Group “Kurland” is: "Build and build!" It is a task for every soldier of the front of the rear services. Which is best marked by the word: "Digging is better than burrial!"

At the beginning of 1945, fierce battles are still taking place in the Kurzeme fortress, where Latvians are fighting in the ranks of the German army. One of them was Alfred Riekstiņš in the battle of the 19th division. For his bravery, Riekstiņa is awarded the Knight's Cross and is presented in the Remte Palace. Shortly before the capitulation, he becomes a lieutenant.

With the departure of the Soviet occupation forces, the looting of many former war bases began. Soviet soldiers tried to take out as much as possible and leave the degraded infrastructure. After the departure of the troops, these bases continued to be looted by civilians and to exploit former military infrastructure.

Karų metu priešui apgauti buvo naudojami įvairūs metodai. Laivams jūroje apgauti buvo sukurti netikri navigaciniai ženklai, kurių vienas galėjo būti prie Šliterės švyturio

Ülo Raidma, a member of the student resistance organization Sini-Must-Valge, recalls the time spent in his cells.

Major Sulev Truuväärt, an islander who had served in Dejevo, recalled that a soldier had died in the army during his time.

Description of the Battle of Tähtvere in the Estonian War of Independence in January 1919, during which Estonian troops liberated Tartu from the Red Army.

The Īle "Kārļa Krauja" Latvian and Lithuanian joint national partisan group was one of the largest resistance groups in the territory of Latvia in the period from 1947 to 1949.

Donāts Pudulis was a sergeant of Liepaja Military Port Commandant's Office, who received the Order of the Battle of the Battle of the Bulge for bravery and valour on 14 November 1919, when after the enemy attacked Redāns Fort, he took over the command of the commandant's company from the mortally wounded Lieutenant Commander Robert Radziņš and in a swift counterattack drove the enemy out of the fort, taking 8 prisoners and 2 working machine guns. His life up to the Battle of Liepaja is interesting. He volunteered for the Siberian Rifle Regiment in 1911 at the age of 16. In 1914 he took part in the battles against the German army at Warsaw, Lodz and elsewhere on the Polish front, and later in the battles against the Austrian army. In 1915 he sailed to France via Vladivostok as part of the Russian Expeditionary Corps and fought for 4 months at Verdun. At the beginning of 1917 he joined the Latvian Rifle Regiments, and on 7 April 1919 - the Latvian Armed Forces in Liepaja.

Andrio Zaļkalno (g. 1951 m., Vėrgalės kaimo Liaudies deputatų tarybos pirmininkas (1982-1989)) prisiminimai apie laiką, kai Akmenrage beveik buvo pastatyta atominė elektrinė.

1920 m. balandžio 15 d. miškingoje vietovėje greitkelyje Lubana - Dzelzava buvo pasikėsinta nužudyti Kārlį Ulmanį, kuris tuo metu ėjo Latvijos ministro pirmininko pareigas, jam vairuojant. Šioje vietoje tarp Dzelzavos ir Indrėnų parapijų ribos 1939 m. rugpjūčio 11 d. buvo įrengta atminimo lenta.

In Aivvikai Park, bunkers, trenches and caponier ramparts from the 2nd World War, where weapons were stored, are still clearly visible. One of the types of weapons was the Katyusha rocket launch system.

1949 m. vasario 10-20 dienomis Radviliškio rajono Minaičių kaimo Miknių sodybos bunkeryje įvyko vienintelis partizanų vadų suvažiavimas okupuotoje Lietuvoje, kurio metu buvo įkurtas Lietuvos laisvės kovos sąjūdis (LLKS) ir paskelbta Nepriklausomybės deklaracija.

The origins of the idea of the Rauna Freedom Monument can be traced back to August 21, 1929, when the head of the city of Cēsis and the head of the Cēsis district invited the most prominent public employees of Rauna parish to a meeting, calling to honor the acquisition of freedom and build a monument in Rauna.

Tukumo aerodromas slepia paslaptį, kurios iki šiol niekas neišsprendė – ar tikrai aerodromo teritorijoje yra branduolinės raketos branduolinė galvutė, kurią 1990-aisiais aerodromą apleidus, ten iškasė Rusijos kariuomenės specialiosios tarnybos?

The first flights in the Estonian sky - a pilot over Utotškin Raad in 1912.

Numerous stories of machinery sinking in swamps and lakes have survived in Latvia. Few of them are true.

The inhabitants of Liepāja were among the first in Latvia to experience the outbreak of the Second World War and among the last for whom the war ended both literally and symbolically. The Second World War and the Soviet occupation of Liepāja ended only in 1994, when the last troops of the USSR's heir, Russia, left the city.

The narrator describes his impressions of the beginning of the Riga operation, when the artillery of the German army starts firing on the positions of the Russian army. Describes the chaos that stands out in the Russian army and the mood of Latvian riflemen before the battles.

Kolkiškė Mirdza Stankevica dalijasi prisiminimais apie laikus, kai buvo skalbėja.

In today's Latvia, the collections of various museums are supplemented by the personal collections of private individuals, which are often exhibited in public and are accessible to everyone. Many people's hobbies are ancient things, including items related to military history. Visitors often do not have an idea of the origin of these things. They suddenly appeared? In all cases, it's several years of work and an interesting, personal story about one person's interests in putting things together to make a museum out of them, for example. The narrator describes his personal experience, giving the reader an idea of the situation in Latvia after World War II. The legacy of various armies and the lack of raw materials on the farm are forcing people to find creative ways to use virtually anything to survive. Over time, the useless on the farm become valuable, historical exhibits that tell about the experience of Latvia and its people.

At the beginning of 1992, two Soviet Mig-27 D planes crashed on one day in mysterious circumstances with an interval of 40 minutes in Ledurga and Zvārde landfill.

Jau daugiau nei dvidešimt metų Liepojos pakrantė pavojinga dėl netikro gintaro, kurį jūra per pavasario ir rudens audras linkusi ypač dosniai išplauti iš savo gelmių.

Cėsių Naujoji pilis pastatyta ant karinio įtvirtinimo – viduramžių pilies – griuvėsių. Tačiau tai ne vienintelė pastato karinė reikšmė.

One of the main challenges for the units of the 1st Latvian Separate Battalion was to cross the frozen river Venta and build a road across it.

On September 16, 1941, in connection with the successful invasion of German forces in Muhu and Saaremaa, the construction of a line of defense was started in the area between the villages of Lõpe –Teesü –Kaimri.

The Kurzeme fortress was formed after the fall of Riga on October 13, 1944 and the Russian break-up to Klaipeda on October 10, thus stopping traffic with Germany by road.

One of the largest tank training grounds in Northern Europe was located in the area of present-day Gardene. Dobele-2 was a military settlement until 1992, where the 24th Tank Training Division was stationed.

When the Russians tried to force a military base agreement from the Latvian government in 1940, which would make the Latvian army's resistance to the Red Army almost impossible, General J. Balodis tries to get some amendments to this agreement. But it fails. But the general's bad guys use this circumstance to later correct J. Balodi almost as a traitor. After a conflict with the Prime Minister of the State and Prime Minister K. Ulmanis, on April 5, 1940, the General was relieved of the post of Minister of War. Then J. Balodis decides to participate in the Saeima elections from the Democratic Bloc, but nothing comes out of it, because only one list may stand for election - the list of communist candidates. Latvia becomes the 14th Soviet republic.

The parts of the boiler plate lighthouse produced in the factory were transported by Ruhnu ship.

Spilvės oro uosto pietvakarinėje dalyje sovietmečiu buvo sraigtasparnių bazė. Jis buvo aiškiai matomas iš šalia esančių Kleistų girios kopų ir Rygos-Bolderajos geležinkelio atšakos, vedusios į Rygos lakų ir dažų gamyklą.

Latvijoje artėjant permainų laikui, draugiškesnė tapo ir pakrančių apsauga.

Veterinarijos gydytojas Stanislovas Mikašauskas, dirbęs Plokštinės karinėje bazėje, dalijasi prisiminimais apie neįprastą patekimą į bazės teritoriją ir griežtą paslapčių saugojimą net ir neformalioje aplinkoje.

Latvian Army Armoured Train No.5 or "Kalpaks" was a light armoured train in the Latvian Armed Forces in 1919.

Spending my childhood in the vicinity of the Zvārde target range, under the sounds of explosions and flying jet planes, but still sometimes on weekends I could enter the range. After the departure of the Soviet army, the land was littered with bomb craters and many explosive objects, not only from the time of the landfill, but also from the 2nd World War. Especially the boys liked to burn phosphorus capsules ...

At the end of World War II, the German forces in Courland were able to successfully defend themselves for seven months, as the German Navy maintained combat capability until the end of World War II and supplied Army Group North and later Army Group Courland. The main port was Liepaja, through which 80% of all cargo was delivered and shipped. Liepaja thus became an important target for the Soviet Baltic Navy and long-range aviation.

Latvija ir Estija karinėms pajėgoms sustiprinti renkasi naujus ir modernius ginklus – Prancūzijoje ir Didžiojoje Britanijoje pastatytus povandeninius laivus. Du Latvijos karinio jūrų laivyno povandeniniai laivai vėliau Antrojo pasaulinio karo jūrų mūšiuose nedalyvavo, tačiau vienas iš dviejų Estijos povandeninių laivų buvo prarastas, o gyvas Lembit dabar eksponuojamas muziejaus ekspozicijoje atnaujintuose hidroplanų angaruose Taline.

Three fragments of the stories of different people's memories have been deliberately chosen, which allows us to look more closely at the Holocaust crime from different points of view.

Pasieniečiai turėjo unikalų būdą sužinoti apie nepažįstamus žmones pasienio ruože.

Kolkiškės Birutės Freimanės prisiminimai apie pasienio zoną.

A biographical story written by Valentina Lasmanes about how she managed to escape from detention during the German occupation

In 1915, when German troops entered the territory of Latvia, the first phase of the war was characterized by a war of maneuvers. In the fall of 1915, when the front stabilized at the natural obstacle Daugava, a war of positions began, which lasted for two years - until the fall of 1917, when the German army, taking advantage of the changes of the Revolution in the Russian Empire and the demoralization and collapse of the Russian army, went on the offensive.

The monument to the Mustjala War of Independence was a memorial stone during the Republic of Estonia.

Harijs Liepiņš, a later popular actor, was drafted into the German army and sent to Ķegums in the autumn of 1944.

During the Second World War, when most of Latvia was already controlled by the Soviet Union and Kurzeme was ruled by Hitler's German viceroys, the so-called Kurelians in Kurzeme started the struggle for the restoration of Latvia's state independence.

After the capitulation of Germany and Army Group "Kurland" on May 8 and 9, 1945, the winners celebrated their victory in various ways in many places in Kurzeme. In Remte, during these celebrations, the Remte church was burned down. The church bell ringer's family kept the church bell in their homestead throughout the occupation.

Lāčupīte spring in Kleistu forest

On 25 March 1949, the second major wave of deportation from the Baltic Republics took place. In Estonia almost 21 000 people (7,500 families) were sent to Siberia. The story is about the family in Valga county.

Prieš išvykdama iš Irbenės, sovietų kariuomenė sugadino visas radijo teleskopų sistemas

An article in a newspaper vividly demonstrates the situation in modern Latvia, when environmental objects glorifying the Soviet occupation army have been preserved and even restored in many places (often at the expense of the municipality). The indecision of power and the lack of will create long-lasting, confrontational situations in society. The various monuments, memorials and environmental objects are not perceived as places of history or memorial, but as instruments that continue the ideology of the Soviet occupation regime.

On 25 March 1949, Elmārs Heniņš, a pupil in Skrunda, witnessed his classmates being taken away. He took his camera and climbed a pine tree on a nearby hill to document what was happening, later hiding the pictures.

Įvairios scenos iš gyvenimo sovietmečiu, kurias prisiminė rašytojas, prozos ir poezijos autorius Gunārs Anševics, gyvendamas pasienio zonoje.

1941 m. birželio 24 d. Mažeikių apskrities Lūšės stotyje nedidelis lietuvių sukilėlių būrys nuginklavo sovietų karių ešeloną ir išlaisvino į Sibirą vežamus lietuvius bei latvių šeimas - tai tapo vienu iš unikalių 1941 m. Birželio sukilimo epizodų.

The Battle of Avinurme and the bloodshed by the Soviet military.

Kurzeme emerged as a separate and distinct battlefield on 10 October 1944. Some 500 000 German troops were counted as surrounded. According to reports from the 1st Baltic Front Headquarters, only a "small effort" was needed to completely liberate the entire Baltic coast. However, the fighting in Kurland continued for another seven months and Kurland became a symbol of the end of the Second World War. 

During the seven months of fighting until May 1945, German forces in Courland lost 154 108 soldiers killed, wounded and missing. Since 1997, a war cemetery survey and reburial of soldiers near Saldus has been carried out and currently 27,000 names of fallen soldiers can be found here

Pirmosiomis 2010 m. vasario dienomis Švedijos televizijos kanale SVT pasirodė naujienos, kurios sukrėtė ir labai nustebino daugelį.

Buvęs sargybos vadas Aivaras Skurstenis sutiko atviram pokalbiui su Tukumo rajono laikraščiu „Neatkarīgās Tukuma Ziņas“. Kadaise jis buvo atsargos karininkas ir lauko sargyba, o 1993 metais jam buvo pasiūlytos sargo pareigos Laimonio Mucenieko vadovaujamoje žemės ūkio bendrovėje „Durbė“. Buvo saugomas biuras – Līvānų namas. Tokia istorijos pradžia.

Latvian riflemen and their officers were informed at the last minute about the start of the battle. Rūdolfs Ivanovs, a non-commissioned officer of the 5th Zemgale Latvian Rifle Regiment, described in the diary the last evening before the start of the battle. A short, but bright and authentic text that shows a very important moment for a soldier - learns about the day of battle.

Kolkos gyventoja Baiba Šuvcāne pasakoja apie laikus Kolkoje, kai ten buvo pasieniečiai.

General K. Goppers (1876-1941) was an outstanding soldier and an outstanding man. He stood out as a successful commander who took over the command of the battalion and regiments, heroically leading his riflemen in battles for the freedom of Latvia during the First World War (1914-1919). He has participated in battles in Tīreļpurvs, Ložmetējkalns, and defended Riga.

In November 1944, a court-martial of the German occupation authorities sentenced 8 staff officers of General Kurel's group, three staff officers were pardoned for various reasons. The lieutenant colonel managed to escape from being shot, but Graudiņš was "trampled" by the German concentration camp system

Kai Maskva ruošėsi 1980 m. vasaros olimpinėms žaidynėms, iškilo klausimas, kur surengti buriavimo varžybas? Pasirodo, pasirinkimas iš pradžių krito į Rygą, nes joje yra idealios sąlygos plaukioti Rygos įlankoje ir miestas taip pat senas ir gražus, nenuvils. Tačiau kai kurie rygiečiai vis dar prisimena arba jaunoji karta skaitė internete, kad Ryga „neva“ atsisakė šios didelės garbės ir todėl konkursas buvo perkeltas į Talino priemiestį Piritą. Estai gavo didžiulį finansavimą ir pastatė naują bei modernų buriavimo ir poilsio kompleksą, kuriuo pasigrožėti po olimpiados ateidavo kiekvienas latvis.... Tačiau dabar paaiškėjo vienas įdomus niuansas - tapo žinoma, kodėl Ryga atsisakė šios garbės...

The first flag of the Independent Finland was consecrated in 1918 in Liepaja, at the Holy Trinity Church, where the Finnish Jägers took an oath of allegiance to the legitimate government of Independent Finland before going home.

Jānis Tilibs' memoirs about the activities of the partisan unit "Tēvijas Vanagi" in Southern Kurzeme until the year 1950

In the First World War, new technical means were massively used (machine guns, poisonous gases, tanks, submarines, artillery tornado tactics, flamethrowers, combat aviation), which increased the amount of human killing to an unprecedented level. It is said that the last knightly battles were fought in the air because of mutual respect and unwritten rules between the pilots. At the beginning of the war, when the planes were not yet equipped with weapons and flew on surveillance missions, the pilots of the opposing sides even greeted each other in the air. On the other hand, the enemy pilots who were shot down or captured later used to inform the other side by flying to the enemy airfield and dropping a piece of paper in a sandbag or even the report of the captured pilots.

On December 1, 1918, parts of the Red Army, based on the Red Rifle units, invaded the territory of Latvia. In order to protect their homes, families, native counties and escape from terror, the men around Balvi took up arms and went into the forests, and the first "green" groups began to form. In the spring of 1919, when the mobilization was announced, many men in the Balvi area were not allowed to fight in the Soviet Latvian army and they joined the "green" groups. Balvi, Silakrog, Rugāji, Teteru-Dūrupe and Liepna groups were formed. In the vicinity of Balvi, the activity of "green" groups became more active in March 1919.

The Tērvete missile base was one of the secret strategic military bases of the USSR, where R12 ballistic missiles were deployed.

SSRS laikais Šiaurės ir Vakarų Kuržemės pakrantė iš tikrųjų buvo visuomenei uždaros karinės zonos, tačiau lankytis švyturiuose ar net fotografuotis buvo draudžiama.

The Tisza missile base was one of the secret strategic military bases of the USSR, where R12 ballistic missiles were deployed.

Sovietmečiu čia, karinėje zonoje, sudužo betoninis krovininis laivas „Lady Kathleen“, kurio liekanas iki šiol galima pamatyti jūroje prie kranto. Su juo vis dar sklando įvairūs mitai.

The history of Finnish Jaegers is interesting because it is extremely similar to the fate of Latvian soldiers in World War I and its great role in the formation of the nation state. For the Finns, World War I also provided an opportunity to lay the foundations for Finland's independence and the creation of its army. The source describes an event when a monument to Finnish Jaegers is unveiled in Latvia.

In 1918, when German troops entered Alūksne, Latvian rifle battalions retreated to Soviet Russia. Until the beginning of December 1918, the German regime was established and reorganized. After Germany succumbed to the war, the Bolsheviks returned to Aluksne and regained power. During the Latvian War of Independence, Finnish volunteers also fought in the Estonian army. On February 21, 1919, fierce battles took place between the Bolsheviks and the Finnish Volunteer Regiment "Northern Boys" in Aluksne, near the station.

1915 m. pavasarį ir vasarą vokiečių kariuomenė užėmė Kuršą ir Žiemgalą. Dauguvos pakrantėse buvo išsidėstę kariaujančių šalių kariuomenė. Vidžemė tapo fronto teritorija, o Cėsis – fronto miestu, aplink kurį įsikūrė carinės Rusijos armijos šiaurinio fronto 12-osios armijos štabas, kuris 1915 metų vasarą ir rudenį persikėlė į Bėrzainą prie Cėsių (Birkenruh bei Wenden), dabartinės Cėsių mokyklos pastate ir teritorijoje. Bērzaine Elementary School.

The Embute Church is one of the most vivid witnesses of the Second World War in Kurzeme. Traces of artillery and other shells can still be seen on the church walls and bell tower. The German army used the church (like many others in Kurzeme and elsewhere) for impregnable defensive purposes. As a result, the church was destroyed and has not been rebuilt since the Soviet

One of the little-known works of the sculptor Kārlis Zāle (1888-1942) is a sculpture made of limestone "Roses Roses", which was created between 1939 and 1940 and is related to the creation of the Brothers' Cemetery Ensemble.

Eidamas botaniko pareigas, pakrante jam buvo leista vaikščioti tik su pasieniečiu.

Būtent Akmensrago švyturio apylinkėse 1923 m. sausio 13 d. ant seklumos tragiškai užplaukė ir sudužo garlaivis Saratov , prie kurio prisiglaudė K. Ulmanio vadovaujama laikinoji vyriausybė, kuriant nepriklausomą Latvijos valstybę.

In February 1919, both sides of the Venta River were active in reconnaissance activities. Captain Alexander Loeving, Chief of the Cavalry Division, was one of the commanders of the reconnaissance raids.

The Battle of Mores is an episode of the end of the Second World War, which was of great importance in the further course of the war in the territory of Latvia. The Battle of Mores marks the war in the Sigulda line of defense in the territory of Mores Parish, which took place from September 25 to October 5, 1944. In the trenches of the Sigulda line of defense, about 12 km long, the soldiers of the 19th Division of the Latvian Legion, fighting heavy battles with 10 to 15 times the enemy's defeat for 10 days, stopped the Red / Soviet army units moving towards Riga.

The narrator describes his impressions of the battles around Lestene and the role of the Latvian 19th Division in the battles.

Buvusių Šliterės valstybinio rezervato darbuotojų prisiminimai apie sovietmetį.

The families of the guerrilla supporters were deprived of their children. In March 1943, there were 1,100 children in the Salaspils camp. About 250 children died due to measles, typhoid and other diseases, several hundred children were transferred to the farms of the surrounding parishes, about 300 children ended up in orphanages in Riga's Jurmala, Igate and Saulkrasti.
In Saulkrasti, the children ended up in the children's colony "Rūķīši" of the Latvian Children's Aid Society.

During the Cold War, the entire Kurzeme coastline was a closed zone to the public - Soviet border guards were the main decision-makers here, with guard posts at certain distances and observation towers with spotlight stations on the beach. Civilians were only allowed on the seafront during daylight hours.

Latvijos nacionalinė vėliava buvo sukurta Pirmojo pasaulinio karo metais. 1915 m., kurdami latvių šaulių batalionų vėliavas, kai kurie menininkai vėliavų dizainui pasiūlė raudoną, baltą ir raudoną spalvas. Švietėjo ir žurnalisto Jānio Lapinio sukurtą raudonai baltai raudoną vėliavą 1916 m. antroje pusėje pagamino jo mokinė, Valmieros pabėgėlių prieglaudos mokytoja Marianna Straumane. Tai pirmoji žinoma ir realiai pagaminta Latvijos nacionalinė vėliava, išlikusi iki šių dienų.

The events of the war began on the islands on September 29, 1917, when the German army landed in Saaremaa near Tagalahti.

Kurzeme was established as a separate and isolated battlefield on October 10, 1944. About 500,000 soldiers of the German armed forces were counted as surrounded. According to the reports of the headquarters of the 1st Baltic Front, only a "slight effort" was needed to completely liberate the entire Baltic coast. However, the fighting in Kurzeme continued for another seven months and Kurzeme became a symbol of the end of World War II.

During the seven months of fighting until May 1945, the German armed forces lost 154,108 dead, wounded and missing soldiers in Kurzeme, while the Red Army lost around 400,000 dead, wounded or missing Red Army soldiers.

The newspaper "Australian Latvian" published an article about a meeting with Arvīds Blūmentāls at his home in Australia. 

(A small episode from the journey to the roots of the Australian centre and west coast together with Aivars and Benita Browne.)

General Pēteris Radziņš, born in Lugka Parish, Valka District, in a simple farmer's family, where he learned to do field work. He was a very smart young man, after graduating from school he decided in favor of the war and it started his army rescue of Latvia from Bermont's troops. P.Radziņš was one of the most outstanding officers of the Latvian Army and was awarded with numerous Latvian and foreign orders and memorials.

The main task of the royal railways in the area of the Partridge Strait was to provide the coastal defense positions of the German army with cannons and ammunition.

As early as 1907, Russia began to prepare for the development of pre-defense positions in its capital, St. Petersburg.

Robert Ancans (11 November 1919 - 1 January 1982) was an officer of the Latvian Legion, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, who took part in the battles of Pilsblidene on 16 and 17 March 1945. The Sixth Kurland Battle is now in its fourth day. Anzāns had served in the Pilsblidene area and therefore knew the area well. Anzans' division is again diverted by another break in the front - an 8km deep invasion by the Red Army. Anzán is wounded in these battles.

On February 23, 1919, an intelligence unit of the Finnish Volunteer Regiment "Northern Boys", hoping to obtain additional armaments and ammunition, reached the cliff of the river Beja School, where a collision with the Bolsheviks took place (Battle of Babeckas). 10 soldiers of the Finnish regiment fell in this battle.

1917 metų kovą, likus daugiau nei metams iki Latvijos valstybės paskelbimo, Valmieroje buvo įkurta Vidžemės laikinoji žemės taryba, kuri priėmė nutarimą dėl Latvijos autonomijos ir apsisprendimo teisių. Tarybos įkūrimo dieną posėdžio vietoje pirmą kartą buvo iškelta raudona, balta ir raudona vėliava.

Sovietmečiu Akmenrage buvo karinis kompleksas.

The story of the demolition of the victory altar of the War of Independence in Aidu and the history of its remains.

The description vividly describes the extent to which a place of remembrance is politicized and its role in the ideology of the Soviet Union. The text states that one of the main goals is to fight the "rebirth of fascism". This shows that efforts with ideological infrastructure to hide communist crimes and prevent dissent are continuing. Memorial sites, Soviet army cemeteries and museums, and various cultural events maintained the myth of the "liberation of Latvia" and the "Brother Soviet Union." An inverted view of the events of World War II in Latvia was created using the facts of Nazi crimes.

At the end of World War II, the 6th Battery of the German Naval 532nd Artillery Division was stationed in Melnsil, but the Red Army had its own plans for the area, which were never realised until the surrender of the German army in May 1945.

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:

The Army of Northern Latvia was a Latvian military formation during the Latvian War of Independence, which was established on the territory of Estonia and in the liberated regions of North Vidzeme from February 3 to March 31, 1919. Until July 1919, the brigade was subordinate to the Estonian Armed Forces Headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Army in terms of logistics and operations. It was then merged with the Southern Latvian Brigade to form the Latvian Army.

1919 m. Cėsių mūšiuose dalyvavo Cėsių pulko savanorių moksleivių kuopa, kuri birželio 5 d. Cėsių vidurinės mokyklos patalpose buvo suformuota iš 108 jaunuolių iš Valmieros ir Cėsių mokyklų. Jau naktį iš birželio 5 d. į 6 d., maždaug valandai po vidurnakčio, suskambėjo aliarmas ir įmonei buvo liepta persikelti į vietą. Kuopa žengė į Mācītājmuiža – Meijermuiža liniją, kuri buvo laikoma svarbiausia mūšio zona.
Pirmajame mūšyje buvo sužeisti keli studentai, tačiau tą pačią dieną nuo labai rimtos skrandžio žaizdos mirė Edgars Krieviņš iš Valmiera. Birželio 13 d., Valmieros miesto kapinėse, su karine pagyrimu palaidotas. Edgaras Krieviņš po mirties buvo apdovanotas Lāčplėsio karo ordinu.

In 2020, I.Kupce tells the story of her family member's father-in-law's experience in the Grieze Soviet filtration camp in 1945, after the surrender of the German army in Kurzeme.

The victory in the battles of Cēsis was destined to become a turning point in the struggle of Latvians and Estonians for the independence of their country. This victory crossed the line between Andriev Niedra's government and German General Riediger von der Goltz's plans to conquer the Baltics. Instead, the Provisional Government of Kārlis Ulmanis resumed its activities in Liepāja.

The narrator describes one of the most popular and widely attended events in Latvia - the Aviation Festival in Spilve. Describes the course and scope of the festival. The popularity of aviation in Latvia is emphasized.

1993 m. rugpjūčio 31 d. paskutinis Rusijos armijos karinis ešelonas pravažiavo Kenos geležinkelio stotį, oficialiai užbaigdamas beveik 50 metų trukusią sovietinę karinę okupaciją Lietuvoje.

Jau daug metų nepastebėjau, kad Senosios Liepojos gyventojai domėtųsi unikaliomis vietomis, esančiomis vos aštuonių – dešimties kilometrų į šiaurę nuo miesto centro. Tačiau miško tankmėje, kopų pakrantėje ar pelkių takeliuose pasislėpusios Karostos istorinės vietos – ne mažiau įdomūs istoriniai faktai ir istorijos, vertos seniai pamirštų legendų. Viena iš jų – buvusi SSRS 23-ioji pakrantės artilerijos baterija – bus šios istorijos tema.

Apie laikus pasienio režimo zonoje.

According to legend, in 1785, a Russian engineer who had drawn up a plan for a convent building found a basement in the eastern corner of the courtyard of the fortress.

During the Soviet era, marriages were registered in the Civil Registry Office in Kingissep.

In June 1941, the successful attack of the German army had reached Liepaja, when Liepaja was attacked by the 291st Infantry Division of the German Armored Forces. When hostilities between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union began in June 1941, the Liepaja garrison of the Soviet Army consisted of troops from the Liepaja naval base of the Navy and the Red Army. During these battles Major General N.Dedaev was mortally wounded

"Propusk" or permission to cross the border area was as mandatory as a bus ticket.

2020 m., belaukiant 1991 m. barikadų 30-mečio, Vismants Priedītė dalijasi vietos gyventojų dalyvavimo šiuose istoriniuose įvykiuose istorija.

1944 m. spalio 7 d., tą pačią dieną, kai vyko Sedos kautynės, tragiškai žuvo jaunas poetas Vytautas Mačernis, bandęs pasitraukti į Vakarus.

The former director of the Pampāli school (until 1959) Alfred Brūns has hand-printed an impressive book about the history of the Pampāli school and historical events around it with authentic photographs. In the book, A. Brūns describes the events of the War of Independence in Pampāli, describing in detail the events involved both Latvian statesmen, Bolshevik supporters, actions of the German army, etc.

Rašytoja Regina Guntulytė-Rutkauskienė, ištremta būdama devynerių metų, prisimena 1941 m. birželio 14-osios trėmimą, kai su šeima buvo išvežta į Sibirą. Jos pasakojimas atskleidžia ne tik fizinį, bet ir emocinį tremties skausmą, kuris lydėjo net ir grįžus į Lietuvą.

At the time of the creation of the Riga Central Market, it was one of the most modern markets in the world. It was based on the metal construction of the hangars of the German army airships of the First World War. The author describes the preconditions for the construction of the Riga Central Market and the scope of construction works, making it one of the largest buildings after the war in Latvia and one of the most modern markets in the world.

Žanis Skudra donates all his free time to local research, all his vacations to tours of Latvia. This is how materials, photographs were collected, and the "Book of Occupied Latvia Days" was published by the Latvian National Fund in Stockholm under the pseudonym Jānis Dzintars.

On June 7, 1978, Žani Skudra was arrested in Tallinn and in November of the same year, the Supreme Court of Riga sentenced him to twelve years of imprisonment for treason and espionage.

The Soviet occupation was followed by the German occupation. The Nazis committed crimes against the people of Latvia. One such ethnic group was the Jews. Initially, ghettos were established, but then the extermination of the Jews followed. Many Latvians saved Jews from extermination. One of them is Jean Lipke.

Guntos Kārklinos prisiminimai apie sovietmetį Livonijos pajūryje – kaip ten atsirado valčių kapinės?

1975 m. lapkričio 8 d., kaip buvo įprasta SSRS, Rygoje vyko dar vienas didelio masto bolševikų revoliucijos metinių minėjimas. Niekas net siaubingiausiuose košmaruose negalėjo pagalvoti, kad 58-osios revoliucijos metinės į Latvijos ir SSRS istoriją įeis kaip kažkas neregėto ir precedento neturinčio – maišto laive „Storoževoj“, didžiuliame priešpovandeniniame laive. 15 metų SSRS neigė, kad laive įvyko maištas.

Sovietmečiu Ventspilio uoste bazavosi pasienio patruliniai laivai, kurių užduotis buvo patruliuoti Baltijos jūros vandenyse ir neleisti kirsti sienos iš abiejų pusių – nei iš išorės į vidų, nei iš vidaus į išorę. Tačiau aštuntajame dešimtmetyje Ventspilyje įvyko vienas neeilinis incidentas, apie kurį patys ventspiliečiai ilgai šnabždėjosi ir nuoširdžiai juokėsi savo virtuvėse.

Battery construction was hugely expensive.

Pēteris Čevera - national partisan and commander of a national partisan group

During the Second World War, when the armies retreated, a large part of the militarily and logistically important objects in Latvia were blown up, so that these resources would not remain with the current opponents. Such objects were also in the vicinity of Ķegums, where one of the most important objects is the Ķegums HPP, which, however, was not completely destroyed due to the efforts and efforts of its employees.

I remember vivid impressions about the presence of the Latvian army in Mangalsala. The forts as well as the reinforced concrete fortification built by Sapieri are described. Memories describe the daily life of soldiers, the rhythm of life and illustrate the environment in Mangalsala. Visit of soldiers of Mangalsala and Latvian army

Bumbu Hill is a high hill in the Bolderāja dunes, Kleistu Forest, Rīga. Memorial to the Latvian Freedom Fights. During the Bermontiad in November 1919, the command post of the Latgale Division led by Krišjānis Berkis was located here. The 6th Riga Infantry Regiment, attacking from Bumbu Hill, captured Sudrabkalniņa. A memorial plaque was erected in 1939 and destroyed in 1969. The memorial site was restored in 1989.

The name of Valdemārs Ęinter was the last hope of many Latvian refugees to escape to Sweden. Too much attention from the fugitives was dangerous, and therefore Günther maintained secrecy

The Germans also landed in the southeastern part of Saaremaa from the mainland to the coast of Muhu in 1941 with an extensive sea landing.

Atmiņu stāsta izvilkums no ģenerāļa Jāņa Baloža uzrunas Sudrabkalniņa pieminekļa atklāšanas dienā. Pilnā tekstā ir atstāsts par atklāšanas pasākuma norisi, Valsts prezidenta Kārļa Ulmaņa un ģenerāļa Jāņa Baloža uzrunas. Atmiņas izvēlētas, jo spilgti parāda to kādā stāvoklī bija Latvijas armija, kura cīnās Sudrabkalniņa apkaimē.

Sniper hunting in the trenches. The narrator describes the actions to capture and destroy enemy snipers.

On May 18, 1916, in the ruins of Ģegeri half-manor (~ 7 km to the south of Jekabpils behind Brody) at At 20.30, soldiers of the 3rd Caucasus Rifle Regiment were shot dead for inciting disobedience. The execution was led by Praporšchik Ravnyalichev.

By the time the Germans retreated in 1944, many important sites had been blown up and it was very difficult to prevent, but there are also stories of miraculous events where the courage of the locals and the tolerance of a soldier allow salmon to survive in places important to the locals. One of the stories is also about a discussion between a housewife and a German soldier who saved an entire bridge from being blown up.

Cīrava airfield - created during the Second World War, used by the Soviets as a DOSAAF airfield, currently used for agricultural purposes and recreational trips, as well as Soviet-era aircraft on display in the hangar

Aštrus įvykis iš Vilnio Blumbergo gyvenimo, atvykus į Mazirbę pas tetą, virto nemaloniu nesusipratimu su sovietų pasieniečiais ir atšiauria žiemos naktimi.

After successfully repelling an enemy attack, the commander of the armed train A.Klestrov falls and Colonel Danker issued the grounds for the award

After the restoration of Latvia's independence, Uldis Veldre, the head of the department of the Alūksne Brothers' Cemetery Committee, took care of the maintenance of the Garrison Cemetery, the identification of the LKOK-related resting places related to Alūksne and the installation of memorials in the Garrison Cemetery.

Pranas Beleckas-Malūnininkas, buvęs Lietuvos kariuomenės puskarininkis, išgarsėjo kaip drąsus Žemaičių apygardos Šatrijos rinktinės Vyčio būrio vadas, kurio vadovaujami partizanai surengė drąsų puolimą prie Gudų malūno.

Saugomo augalo nuotraukos pasienio apsaugos teritorijoje istorija.

1944 m. spalio 7 d. prie Sedos įvyko vienos paskutinių didesnių reguliarios kariuomenės kautynių Lietuvos teritorijoje, kur Tėvynės apsaugos rinktinės savanoriai stojo į kovą su Raudonąja armija, gindami Lietuvos laisvę.

Sovietmečiu iš šio bokšto pasieniečiai stebėjo ir kontroliavo Irbės sąsiaurio vandenis, o tais laikais buvo kalbama, kad be pasieniečių žinios per šį sąsiaurį negali plaukti net antis.

At the very end of the Second World War, both the Red Army in offensive positions and the German Army in defensive positions had plans which, given the end of the Second World War, were not implemented by either side.

1945/46. Misiņa's group spent the winter of 2011 in the Dzelzkalni area of Zūru forest, where several bunkers had been built. About 40 partisans stayed here. On February 23, 1946, the camp was surrounded by the internal affairs troops of the USSR and a fierce battle took place

About the Battle of Rannu and its connections with the work "Names on a Marble Slab".

Memories of a distant wartime flare up. For the older generation, it would remind them of their own experiences, perhaps bored of the young.

The world-famous Soviet and Russian handgun engineer visited Saaremaa.

Požeminėje termobranduolinių raketų bazėje Plokštinės miškuose buvo įrengtas ypatingai slaptas angaras, apie kurį vietos gyventojai iki šiol žino labai mažai ir kurio paskirtis apipinta gandais apie branduolinių raketų galvučių saugojimą.

A memorial sign has been installed for Major Jānis Ozola's division on the side of the Riga-Liepāja highway, in Džukste parish, about one kilometer away from the Kurzeme backwaters of the memorial site.

Major Jānis Ozols was a Latvian officer, participant of the 2nd World War, knight of the Order of the Three Stars, whose artillery division he commanded prevented the front from breaking during the 3rd Battle of Kurzeme.

On 11 September 1939, a German Henkel He-111 bomber was raiding Polish cities when it went off course at night and made an emergency landing on Liepāja beach. This event is recounted in the memoirs of Vilis Zobens, a Liepaja resident and a liaison company officer of the Kurzeme Division. The landing site is not marked in nature. The approximate coordinates are N 56.59368° E 21.01598° - on the beach near the Northern Forts.

Oskaro Kalpako atminimas saugomas daug kur – tai liudija jo gimtasis Liepsalu namas, paminklas Visagalos kapinėse, atminimo renginiai ir gražūs Kovo 6-osios koncertai, Meirānu Kalpako pagrindinė mokykla, gatvės Lubanoje, Madonoje ir kituose miestuose ir toliau. Bet šiame straipsnyje – apie Oskaro Kalpako atminimo išsaugojimą gimtinėje XX amžiaus 2–3 dešimtmetyje. metų.

Jānis Jaunozoliņš. "Memories from the Diary Left Abroad" (August 16, 1944-13.10.1946) Excerpts.

Maža ištrauka iš interviu su Eriku Sēnisu iš Ģipkos. Jis pasakoja savo gyvenimo prisiminimus.

In February 1919, after a successful anti-German campaign in Finland, German General Ridiger von der Goltz was appointed commander of the German armed formations in Courland and Northern Lithuania, including the Landwehr, which included the 1st Latvian Battalion. During his visit to the front in February 1919, he also arrived in Rudbārži. Lieutenant Jānis Ķīselis, the battalion's special task officer, described the General's visit in his memoirs.

Į šiaurę nuo Ventspilio yra dar viena svarbi pakrantės baterija. Jis buvo Olmanyje ir vadinosi „Krasnoflotskaya“.

The Riteli cemetery was actually located in the centre of the target area. The locals could only watch as they were destroyed.

The use of carrier pigeons or carrier pigeons was a widely used means of communication in the early 20th century.

Istorija apie vokiečių aviacijos antskrydį Vaiņodės aerodrome 1941 m. birželio mėn

The Christmas battle ended on January 11. The Latvian riflemen of the heavily fortified position of the German army - Ložmetējkalns - managed to take the battle on the third day. The price of Christmas battles was very high. Hundreds of Latvian and other Russian army soldiers had lost their lives trying to knock the Germans out of position. The narrator vividly describes the scenes on the battlefield after the end of the Christmas battles.

Sovietmečiu į šiaurę nuo Spilvės gatvės buvo keistas objektas, jei atmintis neapgauna – su dviem žemais stačiakampiais iš raudonų plytų „megakaminais“, iš kurių gana dažnai girdėjosi reaktyvinis garsas, panašus į lėktuvų variklių ūžimą.

The Kogula Air Force Base was established in August 1940.

At the beginning of 1992, on one day, under mysterious circumstances, two "war" planes produced during the Russian Soviet era crashed at the Zvārde training ground and Ledurga, 40 minutes apart.

In the dark of October 8, advanced and retreating German troops met at the village of Tehumardi.

Žmonių prisiminimai kartais būna gana trumpi. Dabar, kai visi gali eiti ir eiti kur nori, daugelis verkia dėl pamestos pigios dešros, bet jau pamiršo, kad iškart už Mersrago, priešais kelią, dažnai nusileisdavo dryžuota bomba ir ginkluoti rusų kariai, vadinami pasieniečiais, leisdavo praeiti tik su išrašytais ir antspauduotais leidimais. Ir leidimą gauti galėjo ne bet kuris Latvijos TSR gyventojas, o tik tie, kurie pirmą kartą buvo gavę vadinamąjį Rojos ar Kolkos kaimo tarybos šaukimą, kurio pagrindu po dešimties dienų savo milicijos padalinyje galėjo (arba negalėjo) gauti vizą atvykti į draudžiamą pasienio zoną. Buvau nusipirkęs namą šioje nelaimingoje Kuržemės pakrantėje, todėl kiekvieną pavasarį aš ir mano šeimos nariai turėdavome melstis ir nusižeminti, kad valdžia atnaujintų mums leidimą atvykti.

Paskutinėse Kolkos rago pušyse pasislėpęs pasieniečių bokštas, kuriame sovietmečiu nuolat buvo pasieniečių postas, o šalia esantis nedidelis mūrinis pastatas dabar apleistas ir griūvantis.

July 1976 military-patriotic games "Orlenok" at the tank training ground near Irbene, in which 17-year-old Evalds Krieviņš participated and secretly photographed the games, equipment and even the Irbene antenna with a Sme8M camera

On May 9, 1945, the "Panfilov Division" of the Red Army was near Pampāli. Most likely, the divisional headquarters was located in the Pampāli elementary school

Aizporu Half Manor, Aizpute district, Kalvene municipality, is the westernmost place in Latvia to which Colonel Oskars Kalpaks' separate battalion retreated.

Halfway between Rudbārži and Kalvenė, on the side of the road, is the Aizpore cemetery. There is a monument and 12 memorials to the volunteer soldiers of Oskars Kalpaka's battalion.

In 1381, the 80-year-old Bishop of Saare-Lääne Heinrich III found its end in the castle.

The tomb of Julius Kuperjanov, the hero of the War of Independence, became a symbol of resistance during the Soviet era.

Jēkabpils Airfield is one of the military airfields in the territory of Latvia, which was created during the period of Independent Latvia around 1935. After the second occupation of the Republic of Latvia in 1945, the airfield was adapted for the needs of the USSR Air Force.

In its more than 100 years of existence, the bridge has survived two wars and different owners, which have affected its operation. The bridge was blown up during World War I, but was rebuilt after the war, only to be damaged again in 1926 by the steamship Narne. The bridge was rebuilt again, but it also suffered during World War II when the invading Soviet army shelled the port of Liepaja.

Neįtikėtina istorija apie tai, kaip čekistai „pasidavė“ paskutinei Vidžemės partizanų grupei, prašydami išeiti iš miško.

1951 m. sausio 7 d. Jonuškių miško bunkeryje žuvo du Žemaičių apygardos partizanai - Albertas Švažas-Vanagas ir Pranas Šiuipys. Po pusės amžiaus Mažeikių šauliai atstatė bunkerį ir įamžino kovotojų atminimą.

It is said that war is the father of all things, and this has literally been the case with Latvian rural gauge railways. Any army, whether it is attacking or defending, needs sufficient resources to ensure warfare. When the German army entered the territory of Latvia in 1915, it faced supply challenges. At the end of 1915, the front had stabilized along the Daugava line. Historically, there was a low population density in the territory of Selia, so there was not a wide network of traffic roads.

Excerpt from a memoir about the surrender of Kurzeme in May 1945, from the memoirs of Air Lance Corporal Edgars Aunins

XX a. 3 deš. pabaigoje Plungėje pastatytas Laisvės paminklas sukėlė skandalą religingoje bendruomenėje dėl apnuogintos moters figūros, kuri turėjo simbolizuoti Laisvę, bet tapo nesibaigiančių ginčų objektu – tiek etikos, tiek kokybės klausimais.

On March 27, 1919, the 1st Valmiera Infantry Regiment, together with the Estonian bodyguard Tallinn (then Rēvele) and Tērbata battalions, as well as three armed trains from the banks of the Melnupe, began the liberation of Latvia from the Bolsheviks.

According to Major Sulev Truuväärt of the Missile Forces, an anti-aircraft missile from the Oriküla division was launched by accident in 1967.

In the fall of 1915, the front line stabilized. The positions of the army of the Russian Empire passed through Medumi. The 250th searchlight division of the searchlight company was also stationed in Medumi. The exact location of this department in the village of Medumu has been determined.

Kolkiškietės Valijos Laukšteinės prisiminimai apie laikus Kolkoje, kai buvo pasieniečiai.

The Ventspils Military Heritage Site is unique because it is one of the few coastal defence structures in Latvia and the Baltics that depict the history of World War II fortifications. It is also unique in that it is a military object built by the Soviet Union during the years of independence of the Republic of Latvia and in a way symbolises the inability of a small country to confront the superpowers on the eve of World War II. It is the only coastal defence battery that has survived so well, without historical layers and in its complete state of construction. The site shows the entire evolution of the Soviet military concept from 1939 until the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1994.

As partisans in 1945/1946 expelled the occupiers from Kabyle in the year / Article (lsm.lv)

Cold War intelligence and counterintelligence battles between the West and the USSR involved agents from both sides and double agents. Since the twenties of the 20th century, the Soviet security services had developed a completely new measure - disinformation - for the purpose of protecting the regime. A term which until then was not known at all in the West.

What happened to Lady Kathleen?

In the Cēsis battles of 1919, a group of volunteers from the Cēsis Regiment took part in the battles of the Cēsis Regiment. Already on the night of June 5 to 6, an hour after midnight, there was anxiety and the ornament was ordered to go into positions. Rota went on the line Mācītājsmuiža - Meijermuiža, which was considered to be the most important battlefield.

Captain of Latvia's first submarine "Ronis" Hugo Legzdziņš, arrest of "Ronis" team

Pulkininkas Kalpaks buvo gerbiamas veikėjas kariniuose sluoksniuose ir tikras patriotas. Būtent patriotizmo dvasia ir nelemtas atsitiktinumas lėmė lemtingą jo ir vokiečių batalionų susidūrimą, kuris, deja, baigėsi pulkininko Kalpako žūtimi.

Even when viewed from Kuressaare, the military unit of Maantee village was located almost at the end of the world.

During the Soviet era, the entire Kurzeme coast was a closed zone. Children who lived near the Soviet army unit in Targale parish, including Ovishi, used to have fun throwing stones at tanks.

The essays of the book "Latvian Army Commanders" convince that history is significantly influenced by specific people. Although at the epicenter of the most important historical events for a short time, the true Latvian patriots, with their rich military experience, managed to accomplish a lot in the formation and strengthening of the Latvian army and the turn of historical events.
This story is about the first commander-in-chief of the Latvian army, David Simanson (1859-1933).

A story about the moods that prevailed in Tartu and among the students immediately after the statue of Kalevipoeg was taken down in 1950.

Beveik visą gyvenimą savo šeimos namuose Vaidės kaime „Purvziedi“ praleidęs Edgaras Hausmanis pasakoja apie gyvenimą Baltijos jūros pakrantėje skirtingais laikais. Edgaras turi ką prisiminti, o mes turime ko išmokti.

Description of the Battle of Reola in January 1919, considered one of the turning points of the War of Independence, during which the Estonian troops thwarted the Red Army's attempt to conquer Tartu.

The documentation of the German army group "Ziemeļi", which is later renamed "Kurland" during the siege of Kurzeme, still contains no clear information about approximately 50,000 German army soldiers. These soldiers are missing in action. Even today, the relatives of these soldiers are trying to find traces of their relatives and ancestors in Kurzeme, both documentary and physical. One such story is about

The narrator describes the conditions under which the War Museum was established. Problems and collection work are mentioned.

Various objects belonging to former soldiers are often found at the site of the Grieze filtration camp and along the roads leading to it. Soldiers, arrested civilians, prisoners of war, etc. disposed of them for various reasons, both to avoid being identified and to avoid being subjected to "special attention".

Evidence of the Second World War is found in the forests of Kurzeme from time to time, because lovers of war relics and historical antiques visit the forests and fields of Kurzeme with metal detectors very often. At the beginning of 2021, various documents were found in an ammunition box buried in the forest on the Remte side of Saldus county, which proved belonging to the 19th division of the Latvian Legion, as well as the soldier's personal belongings. They had been lying in the ground for 76 years.

After the Latvian War of Independence, the great soldier Valija Veščunas was awarded the Lāčplēsis War Order for the November 19, 1919 battles with the Bermontians at the Plan House. Valija Veshchun was one of the first to cross the Lielupe under the fire of the enemy.

The use of the landfill continued until 1992, and even in March 1992, a plane that took off from Lielvārde crashed in the territory of the landfill for unknown reasons.

From 1944 to 1946, Peter Supem managed to unite the national partisan units scattered in the forests in an organized movement that fought against the occupation of Latvia in the Abrene district for several years after the Second World War. Pēteris Supe, nicknamed "Cinītis", was one of the most outstanding organizers and leaders of the national guerrilla movement in Northern Latgale.

Vērgalės kaimo liaudies deputatų tarybos pirmininko Andrio Zaļkalno (1982-1989) prisiminimai apie gyvenimą pasienio zonoje.

In 1935–1940, under the leadership of Colonel Ludwig Bolstein, an outstanding leader and patriotic leader, the border guard experienced prosperity – new border guard buildings were built, in which their families also lived.

After the last Soviet troops left Latvia in 1993, the Krasnoflotsk or Olmani coastal defence battery also came into the possession of the Latvian National Defence Forces. Soon the orphaned property began to be seized by for-profit prospectors.

Alfrēds Riekstiņš, a Latvian legionnaire, was recruited for cooperation with the US intelligence service CIA after World War II.

Andrus Müüripea (1877-1945), aka Puka from the village of Andrus Lepik, was a famous blacksmith in Muhu before the war.

The Baltics were one of the most important lines of defense for the Soviet empire, the extreme western bastion, so the concentration of troops here was enormous. It is believed that Latvia was the most militarized territory in the world at that time. The exact number of military personnel is unknown, various sources mention 200,000 to 350,000 at different times. In 50 years alone, 3,009 troops were deployed in more than 700 locations in Latvia. One such place was the USSR army base in Marciena.

In 1945, there was a Red Army observation post near Kaulači half-manor. Eyewitnesses recalled that fighting broke out in March 1945. This is not the first time that World War II-era graves have been found in this field.

Šiandien vos matomuose žole apaugusiuose angaruose prie greitkelio į Tukumą sovietmečiu stovėjo kariuomenės naikintuvai. Net ir tais laikais aerodromas su angarais buvo užmaskuotas, o neišmanėliai apie tai neturėjo jokio supratimo.

The narrator describes the conditions under which the most famous Latvian memorial dedicated to fallen soldiers was established. As can be seen from the memoirs, the cemetery of folk heroes faced a number of obstacles and disadvantages - not only from the church, but also from the management of the city of Riga.

After the Second World War, the land of Latvia was full of the physical remnants of the war. It was a large number of rounds, unexploded ordnance and simple cartridges. Even today, especially in places where there has been active warfare, unexploded ordnance is found, which is very rare, while in the post-war years these charges in the forests and even in the courtyards were the everyday life of the inhabitants and even children's toys.

Several monuments to the Red Army have been erected in Tukums during the Soviet occupation. Today, they have still not lost their former Soviet ideological goals and continue to create the myth of the Red Army as liberators. There are many sources for the crimes of Red Army soldiers. One group of sources can be found in local newspapers, which vividly describe the Red Army's permissiveness and the scale of the crime.

Before the First World War, 2552 thousand people lived in the territory of Latvia. people. The 1920 census registered 1,596 thousand people. people. This means that during this period the population of Latvia had decreased by 956 thousand. people or by 37.5%.
In the summer of 1915, German troops occupied Kurzeme and Zemgale. More than half a million refugees fled their homelands in an endless stream. The first refugees arrived in Cēsis in April 1915.

Memories vividly describe the daily life of soldiers on the Island of Death.

On 31 October 1944, the boat "Centība" left the Kurzeme coast. The departure of this boat was reconstructed by Valentīne Lasmane, the Convener of the Latvian Central Council, from the recollections of several fellow passengers

Historian Roberts Sipenieks talks about the finds at the site of the Grieze filtration camp

In order to protect the Kurzeme coast from a possible Soviet or even Western Allied attack, the German armed forces deployed radar stations in several locations, which allowed for a much earlier identification of enemy air activity. One of them was installed at Jūrkalne

After the outbreak of the war in the summer of 1941, the Red Soldiers were forbidden to communicate with the locals in Abruka.

Sausio 15-osios naktį Kalpakų batalionas kovėsi pirmą mūšį ties Lielauce, atremdamas raudonųjų puolimą. Tai buvo pirmasis reikšmingas Kalpako bataliono mūšis, kai pergalė kariams suteikė ypač stiprų moralinį pastiprinimą.

The recommendations mentioned in the regulations for the training of cyclists are provided during the training of cyclists in the Latvian Army. The recommendations focus mainly on the health of the soldier.

The narrator describes an event in the Daugavgrīva fortress during World War I, when it was bombed by an air force in the German army. The fortress was one of the strategic objects that remained important until the end of World War II.

Captain Pēteri Čevera and seven other partisans were captured on November 1, 1950 in the Engure forest massif, where the group of fake partisans of former legion lieutenant Arvīdas Gailīš (the agent-fighter's nickname was "Grosbergs") had stationed themselves by chance. It included operatives of the LPSR VDM and agent-militants who played the role of "forest brothers".

Alfred Brun's story about the German headquarters in the yard of his native house, through which a German soldier guided Alfred blindfolded under the cover of night, not knowing that these houses were his own and that Alfred knew every stone in the yard even blindfolded

Karostos kalėjimo vaiduoklis.

Prie tilto per Amatą vokiečių Landesveras puola deryboms atvykusį Estijos šarvuotąjį traukinį. Estai atidaro priešugnį, vokiečiai atmušami, o šarvuotas traukinys grįžta į Cėsis.

1941 m. birželio 24-25 d. Rainių miškelyje, netoli Telšių, NKVD ir raudonarmiečiai ypatingai žiauriai nukankino 73 politinius kalinius iš Telšių kalėjimo - tai tapo vienu kraupiausiųjų sovietų nusikaltimų Lietuvoje.

Memories of a soldier who served in the battery