Born in 1905 in Russia, Pskov Oblast. In the villiage of Zavizhye, Rozhnitskiy. In the family of the descendants of farmers Jānis and Minna Grāvelis who came from Latvia in the second half of the 19th century. Sister Kristīne, brother Jānis.

Married to Otīlija Elstiņa (daughter of Kārlis).

During the Soviet rule, when collectivization began, he joined the collective farm, in the 1930s the chairman of a small Latvian collective farm in the Strugi Krasnye district. Wife Otīlija - cook. Children Voldemārs (died in childehood), Leonīds (died in childehood), Amālija, Bernhards.

Arrested and taken away on December 10, 1937.

Shot on January 4, 1938 in Leningrad, at the age of 33.

After World War II, around 1946, Otīlija and her children moved to Latvia, Vidzeme with relatives. Voldemārs' children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren live in Latvia in Riga and Cēsis novads.

Rehabilitated in 1957.

Source: Family archive

Gravel Vladimir Ivanovich

Born in 1905, *empty*, Zavizhye, Rozhnitsky s/s of Strugokrasnenskiy district, Leningrad Oblast; Latvian; non-partisan; collective farmer

Lived: *empty*, Zavizhye Rozhnitsky s/s of Strugokrasnenskiy district Leningrad Oblast.

Arrested on December 10, 1937.

Sentenced by: Commission of the NKVD (The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) and the Prosecutor's Office of the USSR on December 29, 1937, charged: according to Art. 58-2-6-9-10-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.

Sentence: VMN Shot on January 4, 1938.

Place of burial - Leningrad.

Source: Leningrad Martyrology: 1937-1938

Born in 1905, Strugokrasnensky district, Zavizhye; Latvian; illiterate; collective farmer.

Arrested: December 10, 1937

Sentenced by: Commission of the NKVD of the USSR 1937. gada 20.decembrī.

Sentenced: according to art. 58-6-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.

Spentence: shooting

Rehabilitated: August 26, 1957

Source: Книга памяти Псковской область (Book of memory of the Pskov Oblast)