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    troops. The site is now known in Latvian as Daugavgrīva. There is a functional lighthouse at Daugavgrīva which was originally built in 1818. It was rebuilt...
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  • Daugavgrīva Abbey or Dünamünde Abbey (Latvian: Daugavgrīvas klosteris; German: Kloster Dünamünde; Latin: Mons S. Nicolai) was a Cistercian monastery in...
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    called Kometa is happening within the fortress. Daugavgrīva Capture of Daugavgrīva (1608) Battle of Daugavgriva (1609) Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld (2002). J...
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    Daugavgrīva Lighthouse (Latvian: Daugavgrīvas bāka) is a lighthouse located in Daugavgrīva on the Bay of Riga on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea. The...
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    The Battle of Daugavgrīva took place on October 6, 1609 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). When Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (2500 soldiers) moved in...
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    the 19th century. List of castles in Latvia Daugavgrīva Capture of Daugavgrīva (1608) Battle of Daugavgriva (1609) See the Livonian Chronicle by Hermann...
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    The Capture of Daugavgriva by Swedish forces in July 1608 occurred during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). Daugavgrīva castle (Polish: Dynemund, Swedish:...
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    Daugavgrīva White Church (Latvian: Daugavgrīvas Baltā baznīca) is a Lutheran church in the Vecmīlgrāvis district of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is...
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    The 1st Daugavgrīva Latvian Riflemen Regiment, also known as the 1st Latvian Ust-Dvina Riflemen Regiment (Latvian: 1. Daugavgrīvas latviešu strēlnieku...
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    the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625), Riga and the outlying fortress of Daugavgrīva came under the rule of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, who intervened...
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    Latvians in Mitau (Jelgava), 200 in Tuckum (Tukums), 125 in Dünamünde (Daugavgrīva) and over 3,000 in Riga. In June 1919, after taking part in the capture...
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  • Abrenes iela Berģuciems 30 Centrālā stacija Daugavgrīva 2 Abrenes iela Vecmīlgrāvis 31 Jugla Dārziņi 3 Daugavgrīva Pļavnieki 32 Abrenes iela Piņķi 4 Abrenes...
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    monk working as a priest in Turaida (1191–1202), the first abbot of Daugavgrīva monastery (1202–1211), and appointed Bishop of Estonia during 1211–1219...
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    Theoderic of Turaida, a preacher who would later become the abbot of Daugavgrīva Abbey. He became an ardent Christian and a friend of Albert of Buxhoeveden...
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    Lithuanians and Curonians. In 1228, Semigallians and Curonians attacked the Daugavgrīva monastery, the main crusader stronghold at the Daugava river delta. The...
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    Joachim Mansfeld, landed near and besieged the fortress of Dünamünde (Daugavgrīva, Dynemunt) near Riga, although without any success. After this setback...
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    Heinrich Nikolaus (Nils) Rüdinger, commander of a Swedish fortification in Daugavgrīva, Swedish Livonia and knighted by Charles XI of Sweden in 1695. Swedish...
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    Kekava Part of the Eastern Front of World War I Officers of the 1st Daugavgrīva Latvian Rifle Battalion after the battle Belligerents Russian Empire...
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    Jin'ya [ja] (戸切地陣屋), Hokuto, Hokkaido Tatsuoka Castle (龍岡城) in Saku, Nagano Daugavgrīva Fortress Daugavpils Fortress Rīga Old Town, the outline of the bastions...
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    again unsuccessful in storming the city, they destroyed a monastery in Daugavgriva and killed all the monks there. In 1230, the Curonians in the northern...
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  • and install herself as empress. 2 December Ivan was imprisoned in the Daugavgriva fortress. 1742 4 September Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743): Encircled by...
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    1. Latvian Riflemen brigade 1st Daugavgriva Latvian Rifle Regiment 2. Riga Latvian Riflemen Regiment 3. Kurzeme Latvian Riflemen Regiment 4th Vidzeme...
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  • Weissenstein Battle of Kircholm Capture of Daugavgrīva Siege of Pärnu Battle of Salis Battle of Daugavgrīva Disputed 1605 1st Dimitriad False Dmitry I...
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  • 5000+ Rumbula massacre November 30 and December 8, 1941 Rumbula forest (near Riga) 25,000 Dunamunde massacre March 15-26, 1942 Daugavgrīva, Latvia 3,740...
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    Lithuanians and Curonians. In 1228, Semigallians and Curonians attacked the Daugavgrīva monastery, the main crusader stronghold at the Daugava river delta. The...
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    were accused of killing 300 Latvians in Jelgava, 200 in Tukums, 125 in Daugavgrīva, and over 3,000 in Riga. The Latvian nationalists had turned against...
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    Latvia had the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th and 16th rifle regiments, the 1st Daugavgrīva fortress regiment, 2 sapper companies, 4 squadrons, 2 heavy and 1 howitzer...
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  • romanized: Iosif Andreyevich Shomaker; born 31 May 1859 in Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva near Riga, Russian Empire – 17 July 1931 in Kötzschenbroda, German Empire)...
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  • stadions 1,000 Grobiņas Grobiņa Grobiņa Stadium 1,000 JDFS Alberts Riga Daugavgrīvas vidusskolas stadions 1,000 Rēzeknes FA/BJSS Rēzekne Sporta Aģentūras...
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    Latvians crossed Daugava river north of Riga and captured Bolderāja and Daugavgrīva fortress. On November 10–11, 1919, the Latvian Armed Forces started a...
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