Historic recording · 1979
Home place: Alutaguse, Kurtna and Illuka, 1979
Kodukandis: Alutaguse, Kurtna ja Illuka, 1979
Alutaguse is the great forest and bog country of north-east Estonia, with the Kurtna lakes scattered through it and oil-shale mines at its edge. Hubert Veldermann asked how people there lived. He talks with the head of the Illuka village council, the forest warden of the Kurtna lake district, the director of the Estonia mine, a store-keeper of the Kurtna state farm, the doctor of Kuremäe hospital and a veteran forester, the father of skier Enn Sellik.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Alutaguse on Kirde-Eesti suur metsa- ja sookant, mille vahele on pillatud Kurtna järved ja mille serval asuvad põlevkivikaevandused. Hubert Veldermann uuris, kuidas seal elatakse. Ta vestleb Illuka külanõukogu esinaise, Kurtna järvestiku metsavahi, Estonia kaevanduse direktori, Kurtna sovhoosi laohoidja, Kuremäe haigla juhataja ning teenelise metsakasvatajaga, kes oli suusataja Enn Selliku isa.
Source: ERR Arhiiv RMARH-181365 ↗