Gunars Astra
- Birth Date:
- 22.10.1931
- Death date:
- 06.04.1988
- Burial date:
- 19.04.1988
- Categories:
- Dissident, Engineer, Military Order of Viesturs, Political prisoner, Victim of repression (genocide) of the Soviet regime
- Nationality:
- latvian
- Monument:
- Gunāra Astras kaps II Meža kapos, Rīgā
- Cemetery:
- Rīgas 2. Meža kapi (Braslas kapi)
Gunārs Astra (1931 – 1988) was a Latvian human rights activist arrested by the Soviet Union in 1961 and sentenced to prison for 15 years. He was released in 1976. In 1983 he was arrested again but released several weeks before his death.
A plaque on the District Court in Riga states: In this building on 15 December 1983 Gunārs Astra, the fighter for the freedom of Latvian people, was sentenced. "I believe that this time will disappear like a nightmare. This gives me the strength to stand and breathe here."
Gunārs Astra is buried in the Meža kapi in Riga.
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Source: Rīgas dome, news.lv, memo.ru
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| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Larions Astra | Father | |
| 2 |  | Elza Astra | Mother | |
| 3 |  | Kristaps Astra | Son | |
| 4 |  | Harijs Astra | Brother | |
| 5 |  | Herta Līvija Astra | Wife | |
| 6 | Feodorijs Astratjevs | Uncle | ||
| 7 | Juris Vagals | Father in-law | ||
| 8 | Milda Vagale | Mother in-law | ||
| 9 |  | Marta Niedra | Sister in-law | |
| 10 | Lida Milda Puķudruva | Cousin | ||
| 11 | Viktorija Astratjeva | distant relative | ||
| 12 | Kris Astratjevs | distant relative | ||
| 13 | Veronika Astratjeva | distant relative | ||
| 14 |  | Jānis Straume | Coworker | |
| 15 | Xelena Celminsh | Idea mate | ||
| 16 | Voldemārs Zariņš | Idea mate | ||
| 17 |  | Aleksandrs Caune | Idea mate | |
| 18 |  | Edmunds Cirvelis | Idea mate | |
| 19 |  | Juris Ziemelis | Idea mate | |
| 20 |  | Gunārs Freimanis | Idea mate | |
| 21 |  | Yuri Orlov | Idea mate | |
| 22 |  | Alfrēds Levalds | Idea mate | |
| 23 |  | Uldis Ofkants | Idea mate | |
| 24 |  | Ernests Laumanis | Idea mate | |
| 25 |  | Gunārs Rode | Idea mate | |
| 26 | Augusts Ālers | Idea mate | ||
| 27 |  | Viktors Kalniņš | Idea mate | |
| 28 |  | Uldis Ģērmanis | Authority | |
| 29 |  | Anšlavs Eglītis | Authority | |
| 30 | Voldemārs Fridrihs Gothards | Culprit |
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