A railway-side memorial in Riga recalls people deported from Latvia under Soviet rule. Its freight wagon, stone and figures evoke the journeys and the separation of families.
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A freight wagon stands beside the railway at Torņakalns, near a stone and a group of figures. Together they recall people deported from Latvia under Soviet rule. Railway stations were places where families were assembled and put onto trains for a journey whose destination many did not know. This is a memorial space beside a working transport corridor: pause for the people it remembers and respect those visiting to mourn.
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- The memorial recalls the Soviet deportations of 14 June 1941 and 25 March 1949.
- A memorial stone was installed in 1990 and a restored freight wagon in 1996.
- The sculpture group Putenī was unveiled in 2001.
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