Alexander Gryns

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Aleksandrs Jēkabs Grīns (born August 15, 1895 in the village of Birži near Jekabpils, December 25, 1941 in Astrakhan) - Latvian military and writer, participant in the First World War.

After graduating from junior high school in Kies, he volunteered for the Russian army, fighting in her ranks during the First World War. In the meantime, he gained a military education at the Cadet School. Alsace in Moscow (1915). From August 1916 he commanded a regiment of Latvian shooters in Russia.

In the spring of 1919 he fought in the ranks of the Latvian Soviet army, and after a month moved to the national army of Latvia. In 1920 he became a captain. He studied military journalism: from 1920 to 1924 he was replaced by the editor of the military script of Latvijas kareivis.

In 1924 he went to reserve, devoting himself to writing (in 1932-1934 he published a two-volume novel about the First World War Dvēseļu putenis) to return to the army in 1936. He was in charge of protecting the state borders.

In September 1940, he was incorporated into the Red Army. Shortly before the end of the Soviet occupation in June 1941, he was arrested by the NKVD and transported to Astrakhan, where he was also murdered during the Christmas holidays of the same year. Publications Bibliography

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