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After
arriving
in
Russia
the
applicant
initially
found
work
on
a
collective
farm
(
kolkhoze
)
.
He
was
subsequently
employed
as
a
metal
turner
in
a
factory
that
manufactured
military
equipment
.
In
1942
he
was
called
up
as
a
soldier
in
the
Soviet
Army
and
assigned
to
the
reserve
regiment
of
the
Latvian
Division
.
From
1942
to
1943
he
received
special
training
in
sabotage
operations
(
подрывники
in
Russian
)
,
during
which
he
learnt
how
to
organise
and
lead
commando
raids
behind
enemy
lines
.
After
completing
his
training
he
was
immediately
promoted
to
the
rank
of
sergeant
.
Shortly
afterwards
,
on
the
night
of
23
June
1943
he
and
some
twenty
fellow
combatants
were
parachuted
into
Belarus
territory
,
which
was
then
under
German
occupation
,
near
the
Latvian
border
and
thus
to
the
area
where
he
was
born
.
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