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7 unusual facts about Kolka


Ekaterina Nosik

She is younger sister of producer Timofei Nosik (1978—2002, died in Karmadon Gorge) and twin sister of Darya Nosik.

Kolka

Kolka Glacier, a glacier in North Ossetia, Russia, near Mount Kazbek

Livonian coast

During 2009-2011 the dirt road was asphalted and modernised as part of EU funded Kolka-Ventspils road project.

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Most deliveries were made by the sea and most villages had their own pier (remains of piers can still be seen in Saunags, Pitrags and Mazirbe; only Kolka pier is still in use).

Livonian people

Also, the Livonian language was reintroduced in the elementary schools in Riga, Staicele, Ventspils, Dundaga and Kolka.

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It has been suggested that the first person to convert some Livonians to Christianity was the Danish archbishop Absalon, who supposedly built a church in the Livonian village today known as Kolka.

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A new Russian Orthodox church was built in Kolka along with a grammar school nearby and navy school in Mazirbe.


Aleksandra Samusenko

My Balandin's submachine gunner Kolka... approached her and says: "... I saw you already under Huesca... ¡No pasarán!" And she replies: "I don't remember you" ...


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