Brothers' Cemetery or Cemetery of the Brethren, also sometimes referred to in English as the Common Graves or simply as the Military Cemetery, is a military cemetery and national monument in Riga, capital of Latvia.
The main burial ground of the cemetery
Sculpture of a horseman
Sculpture at Brāļu Kapi
A grave marker marking grave of an unknown soldier; about 200 of soldiers buried in the cemetery were never identified
The Latvian Riflemen were originally a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army assembled starting 1915 in Latvia in order to defend Baltic governorates against the German Empire in World War I. Initially, the battalions were formed by volunteers, and from 1916 by conscription among the Latvian population. A total of about 40,000 troops were drafted into the Latvian Riflemen Division. They were used as an elite force in the Imperial and Red armies.
1916 uniform of the Latvian Riflemen
Latvian volunteers from 3rd Kurzeme Riflemen Battalion (1915)
Latvian Riflemen in the trenches during the Christmas Battles
Soviet-era monument for the Latvian Riflemen in Riga.