# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/krisjanis-berkis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:46.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/krisjanis-berkis"
name: "Krišjānis Berķis"
slug: "krisjanis-berkis"
description: "Krišjānis Berķis was a Latvian general. Rising to prominence as an officer of the Latvian Riflemen in World War I, he was promoted to the rank of general during the Latvian War of Independence, and served on the Army General Staff after the war. After the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States, he was deported to Siberia and died in a Gulag labor camp."
tagline: "Latvian general (1884-1942)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1884-04-26"
deathDate: "1942-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.91
  momentum:             1.762114537444934
  historical:           8.142945333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is"
    title: "Krišjānis Berķis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كريسچانيس بيركيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is"
    title: "Krišjānis Berķis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is"
    title: "Krišjānis Berķis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is"
    title: "Krišjānis Berķis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "קרישיאניס ברקיס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1janis_Berkis"
    title: "Krišjanis Berkis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is"
    title: "Krišjānis Berķis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Ber%C4%B7is"
    title: "Krišjānis Berķis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Беркис, Кришьянис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump