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Memorial to Latvian Children Deported to Siberia

Memorial to Latvian Children Deported to Siberia

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Memorial to Latvian Children Deported to Siberia

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Location: Vidzeme, Latvia

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Beyond the Horizon

October 25, 2024

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The Memorial to the Children Deported to Siberia is a poignant place in Riga dedicated to the memory of the cruel events between 1941 and 1949, when thousands of Latvian children were deported to Siberia during the Soviet occupation. The simple but moving statue depicts a child looking into the distance - a symbol of all those innocent lives that were violently torn from their homeland. Surrounded by green spaces, the memorial seems almost inconspicuous at first glance, but the inscription and the deep sadness that the work conveys make this place a silent memorial against forgetting.

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August 16, 2022

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Beautiful moody monument to a very sad event.

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Connys Gustotouren

June 13, 2026

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This is the Monument to the Children deported to Siberia (Monument to the children deported to Siberia), also known as "Bārenīte". It was designed by sculptor Jānis Karlovs and inaugurated in 2008 in the Riga Castle Park. The monument commemorates about 4000 Latvian children who were deported with their parents during the Soviet occupation between 1941 and 1949.

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Elevation 10 m

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Wednesday 8 July

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