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rīga , border lieljumprava parish , border '' lāčplēsis '' 22 september 1841 andrejs_pumpurs . jpg andrejs pumpurs
 andrejs pumpurs
andrejs pumpurs

andrejs pumpurs -lrb- on the courland side of the former lieljumprava civil parish , now birzgale parish -- in riga -rrb- was a poet who penned the latvian epic lāčplēsis -lrb- `` the bear slayer '' , first published in 1888 -rrb- and a prominent figure in the young latvia movement .
working in the land before volunteering to fight in serbia against the ottoman empire in 1876 , he became a loyal officer in the russian army and also a staunch promoter of the latvian culture .
