The Second Battle of Kekava occurred in July 1916 along the Eastern Front during World War I. Following the failure of the first battle of Kekava, Russia...
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Daugava [lv], a tributary of the Daugava River. Ķekava serves as the center of Ķekava Municipality and Ķekava Parish. According to the version of the etymologist...
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back to their starting positions. Following the battle, another battle, the second Battle of Ķekava took place in July in the same region. Zariņš, Klāvs...
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the morning after 1.5 hours of artillery fire and captured Olaine around noon. Part of the Iron Division went to Ķekava but the main force went to Riga...
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mid-October, the Russians tried to carry out attacks in the direction of Ķekava and along the Lielupe River, but the Prussians managed to hold their recovered...
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Jānis Francis (category Latvian military personnel of the Latvian War of Independence)
battalion. In July 1916 was promoted to the rank of polkovnik. Participated in battle near Sloka, Ķemeri, Ķekava, defended Nāves island. In 1916 he was critically...
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1st Daugavgriva Latvian Rifle Regiment (category Military units and formations of Russia in World War I)
During the Ķekava battles in the summer of 1916, two more companies were created within the battalion. In preparation for the Christmas Battles on 3 November...
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Salaspils (category Castles of the Teutonic Knights)
commemorate of one of the biggest battles in Europe in the 17th century – in memory of the victory of the Polish–Lithuanian forces. Up to the second part of the...
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Frīdrihs Briedis (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class)
near Ķekava. In March 1916 Briedis was severely wounded in the jaw, but he recovered and participated in the Christmas Battles as commander of a battalion...
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Vecumnieki parishes of its own Municipality, Salgale parish of Jelgava Municipality, Baldone parish of Ķekava Municipality and Olaine parish of Olaine Municipality...
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Ozolnieki Municipality (category Former municipalities of Latvia)
The municipality was located in the north of Zemgale Plain. It shared borders with Olaine Municipality, Ķekava Municipality, Bauska Municipality, Iecava...
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