Rumbula is a neighbourhood of Riga located in the Latgale Suburb , on the right bank of the Daugava river . With a population of about 368 inhabitants in 2010, Rumbula's territory covers 6.978 km (2.694 sq mi).
4-687: Rumbula may refer to: Rumbula, Riga , a neighbourhood in Riga, Latvia Rumbula, Stopiņi Municipality , a village in Stopiņi Municipality, Latvia Rumbula Air Base , an air base located southeast of the city centre of Riga, Latvia Rumbula massacre , part of the Holocaust in Latvia near Riga Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-616: Is also the home of Rumbula Air Base , a defunct airport formerly used by Soviet and Latvian armies. Rumbula is home to Kurbads Ice Hall, which serves as the home arena of the ice hockey team HK Kurbads . Rumbula is served by the Rumbula Station on the Riga–Daugavpils Railway . Rumbula is perhaps best known as a pine forest enclave, in which about 25,000 Jews were massacred during the Rumbula massacre in 1941, part of
12-598: The Holocaust . The massacre encompasses two incidents on two non-consecutive days (November 30 and December 8, 1941) in which about 25,000 Jews were killed in or on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga , Latvia , during the Holocaust . Except for the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine , this was the biggest two-day Holocaust atrocity until the operation of the death camps . About 24,000 of the victims were Latvian Jews from
16-492: The title Rumbula . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rumbula&oldid=989857852 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rumbula, Riga Rumbula
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