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Collective Grave Russian Sailors Riga

Two Soviet sailors who fell in 1941 are buried in a collective grave on the Mangal peninsula.

The inscription on the grave stone reads:
"Eternal glory to the Baltic sailors perished in battle against fascist Germany during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. For an independent and free socialist Motherland."

Below this text:
"Sailor Bout I.V.
Unknown Sailor"

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