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unusual facts about Stone Bridge, Riga


Kristiāns Pelšs

On June 11, 2013 Pelšs died after leaping from the Stone Bridge in Riga, Latvia.


Administrative divisions of Riga

The administrative divisions of Riga consists of six administrative entities: Central District, Kurzeme District, Latgale Suburb, Northern District, Vidzeme Suburb and Zemgale Suburb.

Aleksandrs Kulakovs

In 1976 he moved to Daugava Rīga, the top club in Soviet Latvia which at the time played in the second division of Soviet football.

Aleksandrs Leimanis

Aleksandrs Leimanis (17 October 1913 in the village Gabrilovo, Smolensk Governorate — 17 June 1990 in Riga) was a Latvian film director.

All My Lenins

Moreover, Kesküla had former experience to initiate rebels in Russia with the help of the foreign hands: in 1905, in Tallinn, Tartu and Riga he got money from Japanese spy Motohirto Akashi and acted in his interests.

Battle of Upperville

He made a stand west of the hamlet of Rector's Crossroads along the stone bridge over Goose Creek, where for two more hours he was able to withstand repeated Federal attacks from mounted cavalry, as well as the 16th Michigan Infantry, which sent skirmishers and sharpshooters forward to pick off the Confederate gunners.

Benjamin Bilse

The orchestra became increasingly popular, Bilse toured Europe and gave guest concerts in Saint Petersburg, Riga, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Vienna, as well as at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where his band performed The Blue Danube together with Johann Strauss II.

BK VEF Rīga

During the season Kurtinaitis left Riga for Russian side BC Khimki and he was replaced by another Lithuanian Ramūnas Butautas, who already had experience in Latvia having won the 2007 Latvian league championship with ASK Rīga.

Brace Mountain

The ridge continues to the south for several miles past the lower Mount Riga and Thorpe Mountain before ending where U.S. Route 44 crosses the state line.

Ceuta Heliport

Destinations include more than one hundred cities in Europe (mainly in the United Kingdom, Central Europe and the Nordic countries) but also the main cities of Eastern Europe: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, Riga and Bucharest), North Africa, the Middle East (Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait) and North America (New York, Toronto and Montreal).

Defenders of Riga

The outdoor scenes of the film were shot at the Cinevilla backlot in Tukums, Latvia, a backlot built especially for Defenders of Riga.

Dinamo Riga

Apart from Itera, which is one of the owners of the team, Dinamo Riga sponsors include companies such as Aldaris, LDZ Cargo, Skonto Būve among others.

Edvīns Bārda

Edvīns Bārda (6 April 1900 in Riga - 28 September 1947 in Liverpool) was a Latvian footballer and manager, the elder and most popular of four football playing Bārda brothers.

Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Johann, Viceroy of Valencia
Frederick
William, Archbishop of Riga
John Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg
Frederick Albert
Gumprecht
Elisabeth
Margaret
Sofie, Duchess of Legnica
Anna, Duchess of Cieszyn
Barbara
Elisabeth, Margravine of Baden-Durlach
Barbara, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg

Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn

Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (born November 14, 1811 in Elbing, † April 30, 1886 in Berlin) was a 19th-century German conductor, composer and music writer who worked mainly in Berlin, Danzig, Elbing and Riga.

Garkalne Municipality

The municipality was formed in 2007 by reorganization of Garkalne parish the municipality council being situated extraterritorially in Berģi, Riga.

Inta Ruka

For more than two decades, Inta Ruka has photographed the people of Latvia – from 1984 to 2000, primarily in the rural area of Balvi ("My Country People") and, later on, increasingly in the capital of Riga.

Ivans Klementjevs

He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union.

Ivar Ivask

Ivar Vidrik Ivask (December 17, 1927 Riga – September 23, 1992 Fountainstown, Ireland) was an Estonian poet and literary scholar.

Jacob Hoeppner

They departed in the fall of 1786, sailing first to Riga, then travelling cross country, arriving at the Dnieper in late November.

Jukka Rislakki

Jukka Rislakki was awarded as Knight of the Order of the White Rose by the Finnish president Tarja Halonen on 16 March 2010 for his "work as a journalist and publicist", an award that was presented to Rislakki at the Embassy of Finland in Riga by ambassador to Latvia Maria Serenius.

Lucavsala

Since the 19th century, Lucavsala has been part of the Salas neighborhood of Riga.

Midhopestones

The name midhope is thought to derive from the Old English words mid (middle) and hop (enclosed or dry place), the suffix 'stones' is though to refer to stepping stones in the river (now beneath Underbank reservoir), and is not recorded in use before the late 17th century, before the 17th century the village was known as Nether Midhope.

Military history of Latvia during World War II

Panzers of Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz had been sent back to the capital of Ostland, Riga and in ferocious defensive battles had halted the Soviet advance in late April, 1944.

Moscow-Riga Railroad Bridge

Moscow-Riga Railroad Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that spans Moscow Canal between Tushino

NB8

The Nordic Council of Ministers offices opened in the three Baltic capitals (Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius) in 1991 play a key role in the dynamic Nordic–Baltic co-operation.

Neo-Communist Party of the Soviet Union

In all, there were 32 members in NCPSU, mainly in Moscow and Moscow Oblast, but there were also groups in Kirov (2 members), Leningrad (2 members), in Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk, 2 members), in Georgia (Tbilisi and Rustavi, 2 members), in Latvia (Riga, 1 member).

Nestor von Henko

The X all-Russia Congress of Forest Management took place in Riga in 1903.

Novosokolnichesky District

Novosokolniki was founded in 1901 as a station of the railway which connected Moscow and Riga.

Pēteris Lauks

Pēteris Lauks (10 February 1902 in Riga - 15 March 1984 in Kitchener, Canada) was a Latvian football defender, one of the most capped footballers for Latvia national football team before World War II.

Policijas FK

After the club which was in financial trouble was merged with another struggling Riga side - Daugava Rīga and was renamed to PFK Daugava.

Pskov Airport

Region-Avia started flights to Moscow-Vnukovo and airBaltic announced international services to its Riga hub.

Pustoshkinsky District

The railway connecting Moscow and Riga crosses the district from east to west, with Pustoshka being the principal station within the district.

Pustoshka was founded in 1901 as a railway station during the construction of the railway between Moscow and Riga.

Return of Sergeant Lapins

The film is set in Riga, where Sergeant Krists Lapiņš returns from an international mission and moves into a remote flat in the city's Āgenskalns district.

Rigas Feraios

Nikos Xydakis and Manolis Rasoulis wrote a song called Etsi pou les, Riga Feraio (That's how it is, Rigas Feraios, Greek: Έτσι που λες, Ρήγα Φεραίο), which was sung by Rasoulis himself.

Rihards Zariņš

Rihards Zariņš (also Richards Zarriņš or Richard Sarrinsch in German speaking countries; Kocēni, June 27, 1869 – Riga, April 21, 1939) was a prominent Latvian graphic artist.

Rüdiger von der Goltz

As many of the demoralised German soldiers were being withdrawn from Latvia, a Freikorps unit called the Iron Division (Eiserne Division) was formed and deployed in Riga and used to delay the Red advance.

Russian battleship Slava

She continued to support the Army until the water in the Gulf of Riga threatened to freeze over at which time she retired to the port of Kuivastu to winter over.

Saeima

Deputies are elected to represent one of five constituencies: Kurzeme (13 deputies), Latgale (15), Riga (30), Vidzeme (27), and Zemgale (15).

Saint Roland

Sometimes St. Roland is also said to be patron saint of Riga, Latvia, while statue of other Roland in full armor stands in a square in the old city.

Škoda 24Tr Irisbus

This allows the trolley to ride without kontaktstieņiem, it is sometimes used when the trolleybus is diverge from its route, but often also used in the same way when running on regular routes, such as Riga 9. and 27. trolley route.

Stuttgart North station

Between 1941 and 1945 the loading tracks of the inner North Station freight yard were used for the deportation of more than 2,200 Jews from all over Württemberg to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Riga and Izbica.

Tartu County

Economic development of the region was further encouraged by the construction of the railway connecting Tartu with Tallinn, Riga and St. Petersburg.

United Baltic Duchy

The front was settled along a line stretched between Riga, Daugavpils and Baranovichi.

Victor Zâmbrea

His works are found in private and public collections in Paris, Bucharest, Moscow, Kiev, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Riga, Vilnius, Timişoara, Braşov, Odessa, Nikolaev, Tumen, Novokuznetsk, Esentuki, Sighetu Marmaţiei.

Vironians

The name Vironia was also chosen for a popular Estonian academic fraternal corporation, which was established in 1900 in Riga, Latvia and currently has representation in Tartu, Tallinn, Toronto, the American East and West coasts and Australia.

Vladimir Vysotsky

Just several months later Riga-based chess grandmaster Mikhail Tal was heard praising the author of "Bolshoy Karetny" (Большой Каретный) and Anna Akhmatova (in a conversation with Joseph Brodsky) was quoting Vysotsky's number "I was the soul of a bad company..." taking it apparently for some brilliant piece of anonymous street folklore.

Walter Cowan

Memorials to the 110 men of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force killed in the Baltic action of 1919 are now in the Estonian capital Tallinn, the Latvian capital Riga and Portsmouth cathedral.

Wenden Voivodeship

Major cities, towns and castles of Wenden Voivodeship were: Kies, Ryga, Kokenhausen, Kircholm, Dyneburg, Rzezyca, Marienhaus, Schwanenburg, Lucyn, Krustpils.


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