Smugglers, spies & escapes · 07.03.1951
Six fall at the Saika bunker
Eight Forest Brothers, most from nearby villages, hid in a bunker in the forest near Saika in southeast Võrumaa. On 7 March 1951 MGB soldiers closed in from two sides. Shooting started around 10 in the morning and lasted about four hours. Six Forest Brothers were killed, among them the former forest warden Roland Uibo. Richard Vähi and August Kuus broke out, crossed the road to Pildi farm, took a horse and rode into the forest; the horse later found its way home. Officially five soldiers died. The dead were laid out in Vastseliina to frighten villagers and buried secretly. A memorial stone was unveiled in 2007, about half a kilometre from the bunker site.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Saika küla lähedal metsas varjas end punkris kaheksa metsavenda, enamik lähiümbruse küladest. 7. märtsil 1951 tulid MGB sõdurid punkrit vallutama kahelt poolt. Tulistamine algas umbes kell 10 ja kestis ligi neli tundi. Hukkus kuus metsavenda, nende seas endine metsavaht Roland Uibo. Richard Vähi ja August Kuus murdsid välja, jooksid üle maantee Pildi tallu, võtsid hobuse ja põgenesid metsa, hobune naasis hiljem ise tallu. Ametlikult langes viis sõdurit. Hukkunud pandi hirmutamiseks Vastseliinas välja ja maeti salaja. 2007. aastal avati mälestuskivi umbes poole kilomeetri kaugusel punkri asukohast.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Saika punkrilahing; Roland Uibo. ↗