Monument 3. Jelgava Introducer Collection in Latgale

Monument to honour 3. Jelgava Farm Collection on 16 January 1920 in Latgale 

With the following:

3. THE CAMP OF JELGAVA'S ANTI-WAR REGIMENT WAS THE PLACE OF VICTORY ALONG LATGALE. 1920.16. I.

WE ARE CARRYING THE SUN, FREEDOM AND AUTONOMY FOR LATVIA

The monument was discovered in 1936. On August 16, General Žanis Bachs (1885 – 1941), the priest, Adam vizulis (1891 – 1970).

Monument was thrown by the engineer Zilēvičs

The Latvian Liberation War was a war on an independent and democratic Latvian state, which began soon after the proclamation of independence on 18 November 1918 and ended with the conclusion of the Latvian-Russian Peace Agreement on 11 August 1920.

The eastern border of Latvia was acquired with victory in Latgale battles and the opportunity to add Latgali to Latvia. In 1920, the Latvian Army declared the final merger and independence of Latvia.

Address Noviki, Rušenica, Feimaņu pagasts, Rēzeknes novads
Coordinates 56.224860; 27.027392
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