Jaunjelgava
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Jaunjelgava is a town on the left bank of the Daugava River in Aizkraukle Municipality, in the Selonia region of Latvia, about 80 km southeast of Riga. The town The population in 2020 was 1,762.
Jelgavas iela
Jaunjelgava town hall
Sculpture of a lion, the symbol of Jaunjelgava
Jaunjelgava's Orthodox church
Courland Governorate
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Courland Governorate, also known as the Province of Courland or Governorate of Kurland, and known from 1795 to 1796 as the Viceroyalty of Courland, was an administrative-territorial unit and one of th
Jaunjelgava
…as a part of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was incorporated into the Russian Empire (in the Third Partition of Poland) and became part of the Courland Governorate. During Napoleon's 1812 invasion in Russia several small battles were fought around the town. In 1831 and 1848 cholera, raged. During the first half…
Courland governorate 1820