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    Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President. Jānis Balodis father was historian and teacher Voldemārs Balodis. In 1898, he joined the Imperial Russian Army...
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  • Individuals with the surname include: Daniels Balodis (born 1998), Latvian footballer Jānis Balodis (1881–1965), army general and politician who was...
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    night of 15–16 May 1934, Ulmanis, with the support of Minister of War Jānis Balodis, proclaimed a state of war and dissolved all political parties and the...
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  • on 21 August 1977. The asteroid was named for Latvian geodesist Jānis Balodis. Balodis orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.9 AU...
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  • hockey defenceman Jānis Balodis (1881–1965), Latvian army general and politician Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834–1891), Latvian architect Jānis Bebris (1917–1969)...
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    the night of 15–16 May, Ulmanis, with the support of Minister of War Jānis Balodis and the paramilitary Aizsargi organization, took control of the main...
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    German, Fürst Anatol Leonid Lieven) Lettische Kampf-Brigade (Colonel Jānis Balodis) Stamm-Kompanie Talssen Stamm-Kompanie Tuckum Balten-Kompanie des Gouvernement...
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    Latvian military award, was established in 1919 on the initiative of Jānis Balodis, the Commander of the Latvian Army during the Latvian War of Independence...
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    Latvian units initially under Colonel Kalpaks and later under Colonel Jānis Balodis, who were loyal to the Latvian Republic in western Latvia; by the Estonian...
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    headquarters, is killed by German friendly fire. He is replaced by Jānis Balodis. 10 March: Saldus comes under Latvian control. 21 March: 1st Latvian...
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