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    Jēkabpils (Latvian: [ˈjeːkapːils] ) is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia, located roughly halfway between the capital Riga...
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    The Battle of Jakobstadt (Lithuanian: Jėkabpilio mūšis, Latvian: Kauja pie Jēkabpils, Swedish: Slaget vid Jakobstadt, Polish: Krzyżbork) was fought in...
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  • The Battle of Selburg was fought during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in September 1626. The...
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    of Tibet Wavy rays (estoile) Arms of the Diocese of Gothenburg Arms of Jēkabpils District Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan Without rays (roundel)...
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    very few active activities from there, after that he was transferred to Jēkabpils Ginenbein's brigade from the French 7th Division, which was to help take...
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    Rainis (category People from Jēkabpils Municipality)
    Latvian nationalism. Rainis was born on "Varslavāni" farm, Dunava parish in Jēkabpils municipality. His father, Krišjānis Pliekšāns (ca. 1828–1891), was a tenant...
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  • This is a list of buildings which are examples of Gothic architecture, either their totality or portions thereof; examples of Gothic Revival architecture...
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    June it crossed Daugava river and captured Jēkabpils, but the 3rd Division could not support the advance of the 2nd division anymore as it was now facing...
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  • Jānis Akuraters (category People from Jēkabpils Municipality)
    director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934. Akuraters was born on 13 January 1876 in Dignāja parish Jaunzemji homestead (Modern Jēkabpils municipality)...
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  • Kampfgeschwader 55 (category Bomber wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
    move the staffel had the loosest connection to the rest of KG 55. It operated from Jēkabpils, Latvia, from 29 February. It had 11 H-16 variants from 1...
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  • Hugo Broch (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    the Eastern Front. He is a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and is one of two living recipients of the award. The other recipient is a...
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  • Aleksandrs Grīns (category People from Jēkabpils Municipality)
    also in Jēkabpils Merchant school and Rūjiena Gymnasium. In 1914 he graduated Realschule in Cēsis. He wanted to study medicine at the University of Tartu...
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    jabo's (fighter-bombers). According to this, II./SG 3 was training at Jēkabpils, I./SG 5 in Pori, and III and IV./JG 54 in Illesheim, and they could not...
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  • 202nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
    River, which had been crossed by the German 36th Motorized Division near Jēkabpils. Counterattacks by the much-weakened division were unsuccessful and it...
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    Latvian National Guard (category Military of Latvia)
    Infantry Battalion (Aizkraukle) NG 56th Combat Service Support Battalion (Jēkabpils) National Guard 4th Brigade (Liepāja HQ): NG 44th Infantry Battalion (Liepāja)...
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  • forests (40 km west of Jekabpils). Due to the support of the local population, the Oshkaln partisans withstood difficulties of the winter of 1943/44. Latvian...
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  • Savannakhet province – Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos Jēkabpils – Jacob Kettler, Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Lucavsala – Klauss Lucavs...
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    Sēlpils Castle (category Jēkabpils Municipality)
    ancient castle in Sēlpils Parish, Jēkabpils Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia. It was built in place of the ancient Sēlpils hillfort (Latvian:...
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  • 200th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
    and later deputy commander, of the 56th Guards Rifle Division. As of mid-September the Army had reached the area of Jēkabpils and as the advance continued...
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    Riga area) with 19 Mi-8 886th Order of the Red Banner "Stalingrad" Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Jēkabpils, Latvian SSR) with 12 Su-24 and 14...
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  • Riga area) with 19 Mi-8 886th Order of the Red Banner "Stalingrad" Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Jēkabpils, Latvian SSR) with 12 Su-24 and 14...
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  • 105th Infantry Division (German Empire) (category Infantry divisions of Germany in World War I)
    division went to Latvia, and fought near Riga and Jakobstadt (now Jēkabpils). At the end of October 1917, the division was sent to the Western Front, entering...
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    308th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
    River, Jēkabpils, Olaine, Džūkste and Blīdene. By the end of the month the Corps was back with the 22nd Army and from March 1945 to the end of the war...
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  • Hermann Schleinhege (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    11 March 2014) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Schleinhege was credited with...
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    Pavel Argeyev (category Officers of the Legion of Honour)
    He then scored three more victories in three months - an LVG C.II at Jēkabpils on 17 May, another Hansa-Brandenburg C.I near Kozova on 8 June, and finally...
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    Daugava River and occupied the Latvian town of Jēkabpils while the Baltische Landeswehr took control of Cēsis, setting both forces up for a major confrontation...
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  • Horst Ademeit (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
    flight of four Fw 190s to the combat area near Kreutzburg, present-day Jēkabpils, on the right bank of the Daugava, where they intecepted a flight of ten...
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    Dāvids Sīmansons (category Ministers of Defence of Latvia)
    2021-08-31. "Jēkabpils Vēstnesis" (19.01.33.)[permanent dead link] Section of the Latvian National Encyclopedia Short article in memory of the general[permanent...
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    Otomārs Oškalns (category Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union)
    Soviet Union (1945) Order of Lenin Order of the Patriotic War II class medals Small bronze monument was erected in Jēkabpils after his death. After his...
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    Theodor Weissenberger (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
    aerial victory. At the end of February 1944, II. Gruppe relocated again to Polotsk and then to Jakobstadt, present-day Jēkabpils in Latvia, and on 16 March...
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