Andrejs Pumpurs
Poet, Author
1841 – 1902
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Who was Andrejs Pumpurs?
Andrejs Pumpurs was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis and a prominent figure in the Young Latvia movement. Working in the land before volunteering to fight in Serbia against the Ottoman Empire in 1876, he became a loyal officer in the Russian army and also a staunch promoter of the Latvian culture.
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- Born
- Sep 22, 1841
Birzgale parish - Parents
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- Latvian people
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 6, 1902
Riga
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on July 23, 2013
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