Editing Rainis (section)

== Legacy and commemoration==
[[Image:RainaKaps.jpg|thumb|Rainis' gravesite memorial, Rainis Cemetery]]
[[File:Rainis 1 ruble1990.jpg|thumb|Soviet 1&nbsp;Ruble coin commemorating Rainis]]
A number of Rainis' poetry collections were published posthumously: ''Sirds devējs'', ''Dvēseles Dziesma'', ''Lielās līnijas'', and ''Aizas ziedi''.<ref name="UNAMS" />

Rainis' statue at the Esplanāde in Riga is a gathering place that highlights the complex way his multi-faceted career and works are interpreted. It is the focal point for the national poetry festival, always held on his birthday, as well as a focus for the [[left wing]], from the Social Democrats to the radical opposition to Latvia's education reform (in part because of Rainis' support for minority schools; he was instrumental to the founding of [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] schools in Latvia). Similarly, criticism of his work has often been strongly affected by politics; while the Soviets emphasized his [[socialism]] (his image even appeared on a commemorative [[Soviet rouble]] coin; being buried next to Rainis' grave in Rainis' Cemetery in Riga was an honour reserved for senior Soviet military), ''Daugava'' and other patriotic works were omitted from editions of Rainis' texts prior to the [[Latvian National Awakening|Third Latvian National Awakening]].