Aleksandra Briede (née Kalnià Âa; 25 July 1901, in LiepÃÂja â 14 November 1992, in Riga) was a Latvian sculptor, best remembered for her work in the field of portrait sculpture. She is best known for her sculptures of Rainis in 1956, of Pauls Stradià Âà ¡ at the Pauls Stradià Âà ¡ Clinical University Hospital in 1963, and tombstone of PÃÂteris Pauls Jozuus in 1937. For a sculpture of Vladimir Lenin, she was invested with the Order of Lenin in 1956.