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Pelše was married three times. He had two children from the first marriage: a daughter, Beruta (died), and son, Arvik (died during World War II). One son from the second marriage, Tai, (was born in 1930) - a pensioner, and did not support any contacts with his father after the 3rd marriage. The third
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He was a lecturer and political commissar in the Red Army from 1919 to 1929. In 1931, he graduated from the history department of the Moscow
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135:Succeeded by
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557:atelectasis
553:lung cancer
538:the funeral
391:Arkhangelsk
367:Switzerland
331:functionary
279:(1918–1983)
273:(1915–1918)
251:Nationality
219:29 May 1983
123:Preceded by
80:Preceded by
2307:Categories
2116:Vorotnikov
826:Boris Pugo
641:References
327:politician
284:Profession
269:Bolsheviks
195:1899-02-07
2288:11th plan
2283:10th plan
2051:Ponomarev
2046:Polyansky
2011:Kuznetsov
1986:Kirilenko
1966:Gorbachev
1946:Chernenko
1941:Chebrikov
764:0024-5089
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371:workshops
289:historian
171:In office
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1951:Demichev
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415:Red Army
246:, Moscow
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2125:Leaders
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2106:Ustinov
2076:Shelest
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2021:Mazurov
2006:Kulakov
2001:Kosygin
1981:Gromyko
1976:Grishin
1971:Grechko
1961:Efremov
1956:Dolgikh
1765:Détente
575:at the
509:of the
458:Denmark
441:of the
435:history
383:Kharkov
379:Vitebsk
321:Latvian
305:Russian
255:Latvian
60:of the
2134:Troika
2096:Suslov
1996:Kunaev
1926:Aliyev
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451:Latvia
355:Latvia
347:Iecava
343:Zālīte
337:Career
324:Soviet
226:Moscow
2398:Cheka
2036:Pelše
411:Cheka
363:Lenin
265:RSDLP
2255:1984
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2240:1973
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2132:The
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481:Rīga
427:NKVD
377:and
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317:O.S.
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216:Died
189:Born
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