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Birthdate
August 30, 1865
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September 12, 1929
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Rainis
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00000001107200690
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OL64010A0
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Birth Name
Jānis Pliekšāns
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a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician
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Rainis
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Rainis was born on "Varslavāni" farm, Dunava parish in Jēkabpils municipality. His father, Krišjānis Pliekšāns (ca. 1828–1891), was a tenant farmer. His mother was Dārta, née Grikovska (ca. 1828–1899), and he had two sisters, Līze (1854–1897) and Dora (1870–1950). During his education at the Riga City Gymnasium he met and befriended Pēteris Stučka, Dora Pliekšāne's future husband, who later become a prominent Latvian communist
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