Torņakalns Memorial to Victims of Communist Terror () is a monument located at

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. The memorial place is dedicated to the residents of Latvia who were deported in June 1941. Initially, it was planned to place the memorial on the , but later it was decided to place it near the

. The memorial is made up of five chipped stone figures, symbolizing "destroyed family hearths and three exiled generations". There is a goods wagon and a memorial to the deported Latvian residents near the station building. The memorial stone with the inscription "1941" is a rough

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, it's 1.2 m high. The memorial stone near the station building was unveiled in 1990, its author is the sculptor , on June 14, 1996, a goods wagon was placed near the stone. The sculptor of the stone images of the memorial is , the architect is , it was opened on June 14, 2001, by the then

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. In December 2012, the second phase of the memorial was opened, black stone plaques were placed near the memorial. The third phase of the memorial is also planned - an information center about deportations will be located in the building of the Torņakalna railway station.

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