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Jānis Balodis (20 February 1881 – 8 August 1965) was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940) and politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War of Independence and the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis, when he officially was the number two of the regime as the Minister of War, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President.

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  • Jānis Balodis , va ser un polític i general de l'exèrcit letó, figura principal a la fundació del govern de la independència de Letònia. Abans de la independència, va servir a l'Exèrcit Imperial Rus fins a la seva captura pels alemanys el 1915. Balodis va ser comandant en cap de l'exèrcit durant la Guerra de la Independència de Letònia. Després va tenir el càrrec de ministre de guerra des de 1931 fins a l'ocupació soviètica de Letònia el 1940. Posteriorment va ser detingut per les autoritats soviètiques i deportat a Sibèria, i solament se'l va permetre tornar a Letònia el 1956. Balodis és un dels militars letons que li va ser concedida les condecoració de l'Orde de Lāčplēsis de segona i tercera classe. (ca)
  • Jānis Balodis (* 20. Februar 1881 in der Gemeinde (bei Mūrmuiža); † 8. August 1965 in Saulkrasti, Lettische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik) war ein lettischer Militär und Politiker. Er spielte eine wichtige Rolle beim lettischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg und war später Kriegsminister. (de)
  • Jānis Balodis (20 February 1881 – 8 August 1965) was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940) and politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War of Independence and the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis, when he officially was the number two of the regime as the Minister of War, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President. Jānis Balodis father was historian and teacher Voldemārs Balodis. In 1898 he joined the Imperial Russian Army and served in Kaunas. From 1900 until 1902 he studied at the Vilnius War School. From November 1904 until July 1905 he participated in the Russo–Japanese War and was seriously wounded in the arm. From 1906 until 1914 Balodis served in Vilnius. At the beginning of World War I he was lightly wounded during the battles in East Prussia, for which he received a number of decorations. On 20 February 1915, while recuperating in hospital, he was captured by the German Army and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp in Silesia. Balodis returned to Latvia immediately after the end of World War I in November 1918, and joined the first armed units of the newly established Republic of Latvia on 18 December 1918. When Riga was threatened by the advancing Red Army, Balodis retreated from Riga together with the army and the government on 3 January 1919. On 26 February 1919 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant colonel. After the death of Oskars Kalpaks on 6 March 1919 he was further promoted to the rank of Colonel and took control of the few Latvian soldiers in Courland. During the spring of 1919, after a string of victories over the Red Army, Balodis was given command over larger units and eventually over the Southern Group of the armed forces. In this role he was forced into an uneasy alliance with German troops. [citation for ”forced” and “uneasy”?] In the second half of 1919 Balodis led the 1st Courland division in battles against the Red Army in Latgale. During the panic that followed the sudden attack of West Russian Volunteer Army (Bermontians), Balodis was appointed the Commander-in-Chief on 16 October 1919. After the victory over the Bermontians, Balodis was promoted to General on 23 January 1920. After the conclusion of the Latvian War of Independence, the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished in February 1921 and in July of the same year Balodis asked to be discharged from the army. By a special law of the Saeima he was presented with 100 hectares of land and a manor house. He joined the Latvian Farmers Union, the largest party at the time which was led by Kārlis Ulmanis. Balodis was elected to the Saeima in 1925, but played only a secondary role in politics. On 7 December 1931 he became Minister of War, a post he held until 5 April 1940. Beginning in July 1933 Balodis held frequent talks with Kārlis Ulmanis about the need for the end of the multi-party system in Latvia. As Minister of War he played a crucial role in organizing the Latvian coup d'état on 15 May 1934, and together with Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis was one of two signatories of the proclamation by which martial law was declared and the Saeima dissolved. During the following years of authoritarian, corporatist rule, Balodis could always be found next to Ulmanis, creating a perception of duumvirate, while in reality his role was limited to the military matters. On 12 March 1936 he became Vice President, and on 11 February 1938 Deputy Prime Minister. After the signing of the Soviet–Latvian Mutual Assistance Treaty on 5 October 1939, Latvia became a virtual protectorate of the Soviet Union without a shot being fired. Tensions within the ruling circles increased to the point where on 5 April 1940 Balodis was relieved of all his posts without a clear official explanation. Shortly after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 Balodis was arrested on 31 July 1940 together with his wife and deported to Syzran, where they were kept under house arrest. After the start of German–Soviet war in 1941 they were deported to Kuibishev. Only in 1952, he was formally tried and sentenced to a prison sentence of 25 years to be served in a jail in Vladimir. With the beginning of the de-Stalinization in 1956 he was released and allowed to return to Latvia. He and his wife received a small apartment in Riga and spent some time living in a summer house in Saulkrasti. In early August 1965 his health failed and he died on 8 August. General Balodis was buried in Riga. His widow managed to install a tombstone with a sword and the inscription "General Balodis" which was removed by KGB. (en)
  • Jānis Balodis, né à Trikāta en 1881 et décédé à Saulkrasti en 1965, est un général et homme d'État letton, l'une des figures principales de la première période d'indépendance de la République lettonne. (fr)
  • Jānis Balodis è stato un generale e politico lettone, comandante in capo delle forze armate lettoni nel corso della guerra d'indipendenza lettone e ministro della difesa della Lettonia dal 1931 al 1940. Nel 1934 Balodis appoggiò il colpo di stato portato avanti dal primo ministro Kārlis Ulmanis, e in seguito fu un pilastro del regime autoritario istituito da quest'ultimo sulla Lettonia ricoprendo le cariche di vice presidente e vice primo ministro. (it)
  • Jānis Balodis (ur. 20 lutego 1881 w okręgu Trikāta, zm. 8 sierpnia 1965 w Saulkrasti) – łotewski generał i polityk. (pl)
  • Jānis Balodis, född 1881, död 1965, var en lettisk militär och politiker; vicepresident 1936. Han var bror till Francis Balodis. Balodis deltog som rysk militär i rysk-japanska kriget och i första världskriget och föll 1915 i tysk fångenskap. Han återvände till Lettland 1918 deltog han i den lettiska frihetskampen och var i dess slutskede från oktober 1919 överbefälhavare över lettiska armén. År 1920 befordrades Balodis till general och lämnade den aktiva tjänsten. Därefter var han politiskt aktiv inom agrarpartiet, invaldes 1925 i parlamentet och var krisgsminister 1931–1940. Balodis bidrog till statskuppen 1934 och var från dess Kārlis Ulmanis närmaste man och utsågs 1936 till hans ställföreträdare. Han deporterades till Sibirien i dåvarande Sovjetunionen 1940, varifrån han frigavs och återvände till Lettland 1956. (sv)
  • Янис Балодис (Иван Петрович Балодис, латыш. Jānis Balodis; 20 февраля 1881 года — 8 августа 1965 года, Саулкрасты) — генерал, главнокомандующий армией Латвии (1919—1921), затем с 1931 года до 1940 года — военный министр Латвии. (ru)
  • Яніс Балодіс (латис. Jānis Balodis; 20 лютого 1881 — 8 серпня 1965, Саулкрасти) — латвійський політик та військовий діяч. Головнокомандувач армією Латвії (1919—1921), Міністр оборони Латвії (1931 до 1940). Почесний голова організації латвійських націоналістів Айзсарги. Кавалер найвищих державних орденів Російської імперії, Латвії, Естонії, Фінляндії, Литви, Франції, Великої Британії, Італії, Польщі. Жертва сталінського терору. (uk)
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  • Jānis Balodis (* 20. Februar 1881 in der Gemeinde (bei Mūrmuiža); † 8. August 1965 in Saulkrasti, Lettische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik) war ein lettischer Militär und Politiker. Er spielte eine wichtige Rolle beim lettischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg und war später Kriegsminister. (de)
  • Jānis Balodis, né à Trikāta en 1881 et décédé à Saulkrasti en 1965, est un général et homme d'État letton, l'une des figures principales de la première période d'indépendance de la République lettonne. (fr)
  • Jānis Balodis è stato un generale e politico lettone, comandante in capo delle forze armate lettoni nel corso della guerra d'indipendenza lettone e ministro della difesa della Lettonia dal 1931 al 1940. Nel 1934 Balodis appoggiò il colpo di stato portato avanti dal primo ministro Kārlis Ulmanis, e in seguito fu un pilastro del regime autoritario istituito da quest'ultimo sulla Lettonia ricoprendo le cariche di vice presidente e vice primo ministro. (it)
  • Jānis Balodis (ur. 20 lutego 1881 w okręgu Trikāta, zm. 8 sierpnia 1965 w Saulkrasti) – łotewski generał i polityk. (pl)
  • Янис Балодис (Иван Петрович Балодис, латыш. Jānis Balodis; 20 февраля 1881 года — 8 августа 1965 года, Саулкрасты) — генерал, главнокомандующий армией Латвии (1919—1921), затем с 1931 года до 1940 года — военный министр Латвии. (ru)
  • Яніс Балодіс (латис. Jānis Balodis; 20 лютого 1881 — 8 серпня 1965, Саулкрасти) — латвійський політик та військовий діяч. Головнокомандувач армією Латвії (1919—1921), Міністр оборони Латвії (1931 до 1940). Почесний голова організації латвійських націоналістів Айзсарги. Кавалер найвищих державних орденів Російської імперії, Латвії, Естонії, Фінляндії, Литви, Франції, Великої Британії, Італії, Польщі. Жертва сталінського терору. (uk)
  • Jānis Balodis , va ser un polític i general de l'exèrcit letó, figura principal a la fundació del govern de la independència de Letònia. Abans de la independència, va servir a l'Exèrcit Imperial Rus fins a la seva captura pels alemanys el 1915. Balodis és un dels militars letons que li va ser concedida les condecoració de l'Orde de Lāčplēsis de segona i tercera classe. (ca)
  • Jānis Balodis (20 February 1881 – 8 August 1965) was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940) and politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War of Independence and the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis, when he officially was the number two of the regime as the Minister of War, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President. (en)
  • Jānis Balodis, född 1881, död 1965, var en lettisk militär och politiker; vicepresident 1936. Han var bror till Francis Balodis. Balodis deltog som rysk militär i rysk-japanska kriget och i första världskriget och föll 1915 i tysk fångenskap. Han återvände till Lettland 1918 deltog han i den lettiska frihetskampen och var i dess slutskede från oktober 1919 överbefälhavare över lettiska armén. År 1920 befordrades Balodis till general och lämnade den aktiva tjänsten. Därefter var han politiskt aktiv inom agrarpartiet, invaldes 1925 i parlamentet och var krisgsminister 1931–1940. Balodis bidrog till statskuppen 1934 och var från dess Kārlis Ulmanis närmaste man och utsågs 1936 till hans ställföreträdare. (sv)
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