Livonian Crusades telling the story of the mythical hero Lāčplēsis "the Bear Slayer". Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic. The poem opens...
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Knights of Lāčplēsis. Lāčplēsis Order of Lāčplēsis Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia "Vast programme of festivities prepared for Lacplesis Day celebrations"...
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The Order of Lāčplēsis (also Lāčplēsis Military Order, Latvian: Lāčplēša Kara ordenis), the first and the highest Latvian military award, was established...
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Lāčplēsis may refer to Lāčplēsis, the national epic of Latvia Lāčplēsis (rock opera) A recipient of Order of Lāčplēsis Lāčplēsis Day Lāčplēsis (film),...
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the 11th Saeima. "Par Daugavpils jauno mēru ievēlēts Jānis Lāčplēsis". 28 September 2009. Media related to Jānis Lāčplēsis at Wikimedia Commons v t e...
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The rock opera Lāčplēsis is a Latvian musical based on the Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis. The libretto was written in 1986/87 by Māra Zālīte, with music...
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War of Independence. A stylised fire cross is the base of the Order of Lāčplēsis, the highest military decoration of Latvia for participants of the War...
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Benito Mussolini (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class)
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (in Switzerland known as Benedetto Mussolini; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian dictator who founded and led...
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Lāčplēsis' own mother had been a she-bear, and his superhuman strength resided in his bear ears. The modern Latvian military award Order of Lāčplēsis...
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(1930-03-03), Lāčplēsis (Action, Fantasy, History), Lilita Bērziņa, Voldemārs Dimze, Kristaps Kreicbergs, retrieved 2023-07-21 "Lāčplēsis (1930)". Filmas...
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War of Independence. A stylised fire cross is the base of the Order of Lāčplēsis, the highest military decoration of Latvia for participants of the War...
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Jānis Puriņš (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class)
Latvian War of Independence. He received the Knight's rank of the Order of Lāčplēsis. Puriņš was born on 25 April 1889 in the "Sakaiņi" homestead in Mārsnēni...
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opera Lāčplēsis by Zigmars Liepiņš and Māra Zālīte, based on the national epic, became a hit, with Igo (Rodrigo Fomins) in the title role of Lāčplēsis. Inokentijs...
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after Greek and Roman deities. An example of the trend is the epic poem Lāčplēsis by Andrejs Pumpurs, which features a pantheon of Latvian and Prussian...
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Józef Piłsudski (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class)
Józef Klemens Piłsudski[a] (Polish: [ˈjuzɛf ˈklɛmɛns piwˈsutskʲi] ; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State...
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were awarded the Order of Lāčplēsis. The Order was named after the Latvian epic hero, Lāčplēsis. As a young man, Lāčplēsis kills a bear with his bare...
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July [O.S. 23 June] 1902 in Riga) was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis (The Bear Slayer, first published in 1888) and a prominent figure in the...
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Verdun (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 3rd class)
Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/ VAIR-dun, US also /vɛərˈdʌn/ vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is...
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Albert I of Belgium (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class)
Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. He is popularly referred to as the Knight...
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Richard Gustav Borgelin (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 3rd class)
Borgelin and seven other Danes were awarded the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis of third class. In gratitude for his services to the Estonian state, Borgelin...
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Livonian people. The lake is a major setting of the Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis, and appears in many Latvian folklore stories. A few small villages cling...
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Kangars may refer to one of the following. A character from Lāčplēsis Latvian epic Chris Kangars, an Australian rules footballer Kangar people, Kangars...
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victims of the Holocaust (See: The Holocaust in Latvia) 11 November — Lāčplēsis Day 18 November — Independence Day (1918) First Sunday in December (in...
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different churches. At the same time, he translated the Latvian epic poem "Lāčplēsis" into Finnish. Later he wrote the book Valkoisen hiekan kansa, which is...
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organisation in South Africa Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis & Freedom Fighters, also known as the Legion, a right-wing veterans' organisation...
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Maurice Janin (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class)
1946 in France. Janin was a recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class. He was also awarded the Czechoslovak Military variant of Order...
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of fascist and communist anthems and ideologies. On 11 November 2021, Lāčplēsis Day, the Saeima approved an amendment of the law on Security and Public...
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The maiden Laimdota in the epic poem Lāčplēsis, by Andrejs Pumpurs The character Laimdota in the rock opera Lāčplēsis, by Māra Zālīte and Zigmārs Liepiņš...
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Victor Emmanuel III (category Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 1st class)
the Chrysanthemum, 16 April 1902 Latvia: Grand Cross of the Order of Lāčplēsis Kingdom of Montenegro: Knight of St. Peter of Cetinje Monaco: Grand Cross...
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governed in coalition with the Latgale Party of the previous mayor Jānis Lāčplēsis. Eigims was previously mayor from 2001–2003 as leader of the Light of...
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