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Rumbula Forest Massacre Memorial
Rumbula may refer to: * Rumbula, Riga, a neighbourhood in Riga, Latvia * Rumbula, Stopiņi Municipality, a village in Stopiņi Municipality, Latvia * Rumbula Air Base Rumbula is an air base located southeast of Riga city centre in Latvia. The airfield was used for military purposes in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s it was used as temporary passenger airport for bigger planes until the new Riga Internatio ..., an air base located southeast of the city centre of Riga, Latvia * Rumbula massacre, part of the Holocaust in Latvia near Riga {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumbula, Riga
Rumbula is a neighbourhood of Riga located in the Latgale Suburb, Riga, Latgale Suburb, on the right bank of the Daugava River, Daugava river. With a population of about 368 inhabitants in 2010, Rumbula's territory covers . Rumbula is also the home of Rumbula Air Base, a defunct airport formerly used by Soviet and Latvian armies. Rumbula is home to Kurbads Ice Hall, which serves as the home arena of the ice hockey team HK Kurbads. Rumbula is served by the Rumbula Station on the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Rumbula Massacre Rumbula is perhaps best known as a pine forest enclave, in which about 25,000 Jews were massacred during the Rumbula massacre in 1941, part of the Holocaust. The massacre encompasses two incidents on two non-consecutive days (November 30 and December 8, 1941) in which about 25,000 Jews were killed in or on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia, during the Holocaust. Except for the Babi Yar, Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine, this was the biggest two-day Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumbula, Stopiņi Municipality
Rumbula is a village in Stopiņi Parish, Ropaži Municipality in the Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in ... region and the Riga Planning Region of Latvia. References Towns and villages in Latvia Ropaži Municipality Kreis Riga Vidzeme {{Vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumbula Air Base
Rumbula is an air base located southeast of Riga city centre in Latvia. The airfield was used for military purposes in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s it was used as temporary passenger airport for bigger planes until the new Riga International Airport was opened in 1973. At least since 2001 there has been no military or commercial aviation based in Rumbula. Now it is mainly used as the biggest auto market in Latvia, and only about five small general aviation planes are based here. The runway is in very poor condition. It has many potholes and concrete blocks are often used to learn how to drive a car, or for "test drives" of cars to be sold at the market. It is difficult to find a continuous stretch of road without obstacles longer than . There are also a few "bomb-proof" camouflaged military hangars (one example is located at 56°53'08.39" N / 24°13'33.93" E). The hangars are mainly used as storage or general purpose facilities; they are not obvious on satellite images and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |