Andrejs Veckalns (April 18, 1879 - May 18, 1942) was a Latvian politician, member of the
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Saeima
The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the po ...
(Latvian parliament), representing Social Democrats, Chairman of the Central Office of Latvian Trade Unions.
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Knight of the Order of Lāčplēsis, awarded in 1927 for battles near Daugava in 1919.[
After the first Soviet occupation of Latvia, in 1941 he together with his family was deported to Siberia and in 1942 he was executed in ]Usollag
Usollag, full name: Usolye Corrective Labor Camp (russian: Усольлаг, Усольский исправительно-трудовой лагерь (Усольский ИТЛ) ) was a Gulag forced labor camp established on February 5, 1938 an ...
Gulag labor camp
A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons (especi ...
near Solikamsk.[
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1879 births
1942 deaths
Deputies of the 1st Saeima
Deputies of the 2nd Saeima
Deputies of the 3rd Saeima
Deputies of the 4th Saeima
Latvian people executed by the Soviet Union
People who died in the Gulag
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