Collective Grave Russian Sailors Riga

Mangalsalas iela, Riga
Rīga, Latvia

Two Soviet sailors who fell in 1941 are buried in a collective grave on the Mangal peninsula. The inscription on the grave stone reads: [i]"Eternal glory to the Baltic sailors perished in battle against fascist Germany during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. For an independent and free socialist Motherland."[/i] Below this text: [i]"Sailor Bout I.V. Unknown Sailor"[/i]

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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