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Salaspils FC

Salaspils FC is a Latvian football club. They compete in the third-highest division of Latvian football (2.

Salaspils
Salaspils

Salaspils is a town in Latvia, the administrative centre of Salaspils Municipality. The town is situated on the northern bank of the Daugava river, 18 kilometers to the south-east of the city of Riga.

Salaspils Municipality
Salaspils Municipality

Salaspils Municipality is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2004 by reorganization of Salaspils town and its rural territory, the administrative centre being Salaspils.

Salaspils concentration camp
Salaspils concentration camp

Salaspils camp was established at the end of 1941 at a point 18 km southeast of Riga (Latvia), in Salaspils. The Nazi bureaucracy drew distinctions between different types of camps.

Salaspils Station
Salaspils Station

Salaspils Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway.

Salaspils Parish

Salaspils Parish is an administrative unit of the Salaspils Municipality, Latvia. It was created in 2010 from the countryside territory of Salaspils town.

Battle of Kircholm
Battle of Kircholm

The Battle of Kircholm was one of the major battles in the Polish–Swedish War. The battle was decided in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish–Lithuanian cavalry, the Winged Hussars.

Jelgava
Jelgava

Jelgava ; German: Mitau; see also other names) is a city in central Latvia about 41 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Riga with 55,972 inhabitants (2019). It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia).

Jelgava District
Jelgava District

Jelgava District was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia region, in the country's centre. It was organized into a city, two municipalities and twelve parishes, each with a local government authority.

Jelgava Air Base
Jelgava Air Base

Jelgava Airfield is an airfield in Latvia located on the north border of Jelgava, a city in Latvia. During Soviet times, it was a military forward deployment attack base, but now is used by general aviation.

Jelgava Palace
Jelgava Palace

Jelgava Palace or historically Mitau Palace (Latvian: Mītavas pils, German: Schloss Mitau) is the largest Baroque-style palace in the Baltic states. It was built in the 18th century based on the design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli as a residence for the Dukes of Courland in their capital of Mitau (today's Jelgava, Latvia).

Jelgava massacres

The Jelgava massacres were the killing of the Jewish population of the city of Jelgava, Latvia that occurred in the second half of July or in early August 1941. The murders were carried out by German police units under the command of Alfred Becu, with a significant contribution by Latvian auxiliary police organized by Mārtiņš Vagulāns.

Jelgava Municipality
Jelgava Municipality

Jelgava Municipality is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Eleja parish, Glūda parish, Jaunsvirlauka parish, Lielplatone parish, Līvbērze parish, Platone parish, Sesava parish, Svēte parish, Valgunde parish, Vilce parish, Vircava parish, Zaļenieki parish and Kalnciems town with its countryside territory the administrative centre located in Jelgava city, which is not included in the territory of municipality.