Rēzekne is a city in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia, 242 km east of Riga. Built on seven hills, Rēzekne is situated at the intersection of the Moscow-Riga and Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railways.
The town has a famous statue by Leons Tomašickis named Latgales Mara. First unveiled on September 8, 1939 as a monument to the liberation of Latgale from Bolsheviks in January 1920, the statue was removed by the Soviets in November 1940. The local population restored Latgales Mara on August 22, 1943, but the Soviets destroyed it after June 1950. The statue was rebuilt after the independence of Latvia and unveiled on August 13, 1992. Latgalas Mara symbolizes a united Latvia and Latgalian independence from Bolshevik rule.