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Allegiance
  
Soviet Union

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Years of service
  
1941–1945

Name
  
Otomars Oskalns

Died
  
1 September 1947Riga, Latvian SSR,Soviet Union

Unit
  
3rd Latvian partisan brigade

Awards
  
Order of LeninOrder of the Patriotic War II class

Otomārs Oškalns (12 April 1904 — 1 September 1947) was a prominent Latvian communist and partisan fighter.

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He was one of three Latvian Soviet partisans who became Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Life

Since 1925 worked as a school teacher.

Since 1939 - communist.

Awards

  • Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)
  • Order of Lenin
  • Order of the Patriotic War II class
  • medals

    • Memory

    Small bronze monument was erected in Jēkabpils after his death.

    After his death, Riga's second largest railway 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 railway station. Monuments to him were also removed from public locations.

    References

    Otomārs Oškalns Wikipedia
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