Editing Rainis (section)

== Early life ==
[[Image:Rainis 1880 by Robert Borchardt.png|thumb|left|upright|Rainis aged 15.]] 
Rainis was born on "Varslavāni" farm, [[Dunava parish]] in [[Jēkabpils municipality]]. His father, Krišjānis Pliekšāns (ca. 1828–1891), was a [[tenant farmer]]. His mother was Dārta, née Grikovska (ca. 1828–1899), and he had two sisters,  Līze (1854–1897) and Dora (1870–1950). During his education at the [[Riga State Gymnasium No.1|Riga City Gymnasium]] he met and befriended [[Pēteris Stučka]], Dora Pliekšāne's future husband, who later become a prominent Latvian communist.<ref name="LPSEME">Samsons, V. et al. (1970) ''Latvijas PSR Mazā Enciklopēdija'' (Concise Latvian S.S.R. Encyclopedia) 3rd ed. Riga, Latvia: Zinatne.</ref><ref>[http://www.arhivi.lv/sitedata/ZURNALS/zurnalu_raksti/72-85-VESTURE-Gravere.pdf 72-85-Gravere]. arhivi.lv</ref>