Who are Latvian arrows?
Who are Latvian arrows? Elite Guard Lenin. Rifle parts equipped with Latvians. They appeared as part of the Russian Imperial Army to hold the front at Riga - and subsequently played a big role in the Russian civil war, fighting on the side of the Bolsheviks. The battalions of Latvian shooters created in 1915 by order of the commander of the North-Western Front of General Alekseev. The great retreat of Russian troops under the blows of the German army then reached the banks of Daugava. It was Riga for her - and the capital Petrograd was already next to Riga. Hold this position was extremely important. Although national movements were not encouraged in the Russian empire, in a serious situation, they decided to make a bet on the national feelings of Latvians. They were extremely evil on the Germans - and for the century of domination in the Latvian lands, and for the occupation of the southern part of them, Kurland Kurzeme. In the new battalions, Latvians were allowed to use their language and national symbolism - just keep the front. The experiment was a success: Latvian rifle parts were skillful, efficient and persistent. Almost the almost magnitude literacy of the Latvians also influenced, and the national cohesion together with the desire to protect their own lands from the Germans. The common efforts of Russian and Latvian parts front in Daugava stood.