Ernests Brastins was a Latvian artist, amateur historian, folklorist and archaeologist known as the founder and driving force behind the neopagan religion Dievturiba, which he started in the 1920s and which was re-established after the fall of the Soviet Union. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Ernests Brastiņš was educated at the Stieglitz Art Academy in Saint Petersburg from 1911 to 1915.
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He is known as the founder and driving force behind the neopagan religion Dievturība, which he started in the 1920s and which was re-established after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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(19 March 1892-28 January 1942)
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was a Latvian artist, amateur historian, folklorist and archaeologist known as the founder
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