Krišjānis Berķis

Krišjānis Berķis
Born(1884-04-26)26 April 1884
Īslīce parish, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
Died29 July 1942(1942-07-29) (aged 58)
Perm Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Latvia
BranchArmy
RankGeneral
ConflictsWorld War I
Latvian War of Independence

Krišjānis Berķis (April 26, 1884, in Īslīce parish, Bauska municipality, Courland, modern Latvia – July 29, 1942, in Perm, Russia) was a Latvian general. Rising to prominence as an officer of the Latvian Riflemen in World War I, he was promoted to the rank of general during the Latvian War of Independence, and served on the Army General Staff after the war. After the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States, he was deported to Siberia and died in a Gulag labor camp.

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