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Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea

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in Liepāja seaside park, at the end of Kūrmājas Prospect. Here in the beginning of the 20th century was located Kurhaus. The monument consists of a
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On 8 April 2000 a memorial plate dedicated to American pilots whose aircraft was brought down on 8 April 1950 by the
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figure of a woman on 11 meter high V-shaped pedestal, covered by
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Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea
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near Liepāja was added to the pedestal of the monument.
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This monument in Liepāja often is called "Crocodile" (
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Piemineklis bojā gājuŔajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem
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Piemineklis bojā gājuŔajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem
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View from park looking towards the monument and sea
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56Ā°30ā€²33ā€³N 20Ā°59ā€²28ā€³E / 56.509265Ā°N 20.991182Ā°E / 56.509265; 20.991182
Liepāja
Latvia
Alberts Terpilovskis
Gunārs Asaris
Latvian
Liepāja
Latvia
Gunārs Asaris
Alberts Terpilovskis
kolhoz
Baltic Sea
bronze
Saaremaa
USSR Air Forces
Latvian
Russian
Crocodile Gena
cartoon
Memorial Plaque (2000)
View from park looking towards the monument and sea
Kurzemes Vārds, 05.03.1998
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Wayback Machine
Kurzemes Vārds, 04.07.2001
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Cold War Working Group site"
the original
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