, ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁man or ▁was ▁destroyed . ▁After ▁P ē ter is ▁had ▁e ject ed ▁ri ot ers ▁from ▁Prince ▁Gol yt zin ' s ▁man or , ▁he ▁sent ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁Moscow ▁for ▁safety . ▁But ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁those ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁speak ▁the ▁Russian ▁language ▁were ▁considered ▁German , ▁and ▁so ▁P ē ter is ▁w aved ▁good ▁by e ▁to ▁his ▁family ▁as ▁they ▁depart ed ▁on ▁a ▁train ▁for ▁Vec pie bal ga ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁his ▁relatives , ▁trav elling ▁via ▁K ok n ese . ▁A ged ▁ 5 , ▁like ▁his ▁father , ▁Bre ik š s ▁attended ▁the ▁local ▁school , ▁and ▁also ▁f ished ▁the ▁local ▁O gre ▁river . ▁The ▁family ▁often ▁visited ▁his ▁moth ers ▁parents ▁in ▁Pak al nie ši , ▁who ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁Hern h ut ian ▁movement . ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁on wards , ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁later - half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁Pie bal ga ▁district ▁where ▁the ▁family ▁now ▁lived ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁many ▁early ▁Lat v ian ▁national ists , ▁including ▁the ▁former ▁house ▁of ▁lingu ist ▁At is ▁K ron val ds ▁and ▁a ▁monument ▁to ▁his ▁acts ▁of ▁patri ot ism . ▁The ▁family ▁also ▁visited ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁local ▁teacher ▁and ▁writer ▁Mat ī ss ▁Ka ud z ī te , ▁to ▁whom ▁the ▁children ▁would ▁read ▁P ush kin . ▁ ▁By ▁Aut umn