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'''Otomārs Oškalns''' (1904 |
'''Otomārs Oškalns''' (1904, 12 april — 1947, 1. september) was a prominent Latvian communist and [[Soviet partisans|partisan]] fighter. He was declared the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] representing the [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]].<ref>[http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=5238 Ошкалнс Отомар Петрович] (russian)</ref> After his death, Riga's second largest train station was named after him. When Latvia became independent in 1991, Oškalns was viewed as a Soviet collaborator, and his name was stripped from the train station. Monuments to him were also removed from public locations. |
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Otomārs Oškalns (1904, 12 april — 1947, 1. september) was a prominent Latvian communist and partisan fighter. He was declared the Hero of the Soviet Union representing the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] After his death, Riga's second largest train station was named after him. When Latvia became independent in 1991, Oškalns was viewed as a Soviet collaborator, and his name was stripped from the train station. Monuments to him were also removed from public locations.
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- ^ Ошкалнс Отомар Петрович (russian)
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