🇱🇻 Latvia's Statue of Liberty
Built in 1935 and long respected as a symbol of Latvia’s independence, Freedom Monument in Riga has seen the country’s occupation by both the Soviets and the Nazis and Latvia’s subsequent liberation.
Standing more than 40 metres tall, with a woman, affectionately known as Milda, on top holding three stars, the monument is to this day, the centrepiece of many Latvian political and cultural events.
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Respect from the USA!
@AlmondishTofu
7 жыл бұрын
sanforce thank you ☺
@idioticmagic4669
7 жыл бұрын
God bless you
@RustyyHaloo
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks from latvai♡
@subject7491
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
Proud to be Latvian.
@valtersdominiks
8 жыл бұрын
I am too
@rymy2
8 жыл бұрын
Latvian..Proud to be right im Latvian too 😁👍👍 ❤♡❤
@PointlessV1
7 жыл бұрын
Jānis LočmelsLV me too
@kris-wb3iv
7 жыл бұрын
Latvieši rulē
the dislikes are russians
I am now in love with Latvia.
Such a wonderful tribute to our country's symbol of freedom and will power.
Great english for a latvian. It's nice that someone made a video about our symbol. Paldies!
@lkrnpk
8 жыл бұрын
He lived in USA until early 90s, he's a child of people who escaped Soviets after WW2. Now though he has been in Latvia for more than 20 years, so maybe that's why he now has a slight Latvian accent or maybe he always had it even living in the States
For those wondering what's written on it,it's ''For Fatherland and Freedom/Liberty'' the word Brīvība can translate as both freedom and liberty,not sure what's the indicator as to which one of the words is appropriately used when translated to English.
@ivario
4 жыл бұрын
I think that usually "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai" has been translated as "For Fatherland and Freedom", but I guess that both are equally acceptable
Great video and story! Thank you for sharing!
Great video NATO :-)
LATVIJA!
How can you dislike it ? 😔
@keda7558
8 жыл бұрын
If you are a Russian or a Nazi supporter.
@goldmunds
3 жыл бұрын
@@keda7558 both are the same
2 Million people holding hands. Throughout 3 countries, just to show that they believe in something.... now that's a deffination of Humanity at it's best.
Love this place so much
NATO thank you for all your hard work on these videos and in our real lives. I salute you!
Great piece, thanks!
Feel proud!
Great video!
Awesome history. Awesome monument. I, first saw the Freedom Statue in Riga in1992. It is amazing that the Soviets, Latvian Communists did not destroy it. In Estonia the Communists, removed and or destroyed all major monuments of the Republic of Estonia.
@briedisv1789
8 жыл бұрын
There were plans to demolish the Communists, Vera Mukhina teacher monument to the artistic value
@MrKaido93
8 жыл бұрын
+Briedis V: Wow that was a heroic action on that teacher. A salute the teacher, He/She should be Honored for a heroic deed in saving the famed Freedom Monument, way to go! In Estonia, the Estonian Communists saved the pre war Estonian Navy submarine Lembit from bring destroyed ;scraped. It became part of the Estonian Maritime museum, under the control of the Soviet Navy. On 27 April.1992 it was again saved when the Soviet Navy tried to sail away to St Petersburg, it was stopped and retaken saved by the Estonian Defense League. This was a Honor of revenge for 1940 to take it back from the Soviets and save it, reclaim it for the Estonian nation in our Navy as Ship nr.1.
@ivario
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrKaido93 Mukhina wasn't a teacher, she was a renowned Soviet architect and a friend of Kārlis Zāle. The story of her saving the monument hasn't been proved conclusively, though.
So proud to be latvian ♡
Fantastic and amazing
EPIC
Proud to be latvian! Allways.
Proud as A Latvian, Proud To Be Based And Highly Patriotic For My Fatherland
@GreatCityAttractions
Жыл бұрын
Latvia looks an amazing place.
Today is Latvia 100 birthday!!!
Super )
n i c e
Nice
that accent though, lovely
@lkrnpk
8 жыл бұрын
Ojārs Kalniņš was raised in USA though, so I wonder why he has an accent at all, but I guess that's what returning back to your parents' homeland and living in Latvia for more than 25 years now does to you.
The timeline looks like Buzzfeeds ''Unsolved''
Im happy that im latvian
Why Do I Get Hyper When Someone Mentions Latvia¿¿?
A good movie! 👌 Anyone know what this music is?
Who's the guy at 2:38? He's the spitting image of my father Armins.
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it's not statue, but monument. for rememberance of idea of freedom. like in cemetery
@balticpart1404
4 жыл бұрын
It's not about rememberence of an idea! It's about the value of the freedom!
Her name is "Freedom" and by the name Milda she was called by people who made fun of her during 1920 and by proxy they made fun of Latvia and its independence. So please be more respectful to my countries symbol! If you can read latvian, read this, it explains it more thoroughly: www.diena.lv/arhivs/brivibas-telam-ir-viens-vards-briviba-izturesimies-pret-to-ar-cienu-10498733
NATO: Don't worry Latvia :(, it won't happen again. We are together now!! o\/o
Oho
Show me all who dislike! ;)
34 dislikes from russia :D
@unclerussianuga7602
6 жыл бұрын
montana montekristo haha both countries are amazing in their own way