Smugglers, spies & escapes · 1958
Spitham radar station
From 1958 the Soviet army built a radar station at Spitham, a village on the Noarootsi coast of the Gulf of Finland, probably moving here the unit that had served on nearby Osmussaar. The soldiers lived in tents until their barracks were finished, while senior officers lodged on local farms. Over the following years the base gained barracks, a canteen, technical buildings and pillboxes, and its diesel generator even supplied electricity to the village. Two large earth mounds carried the radar equipment. The unit stayed until 1993, when it was moved to Leningrad oblast in Russia. Two radar mounds, a command centre, technical bunkers, a vehicle garage and the crumbling canteen still remain.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Alates 1958. aastast ehitas Nõukogude armee Noarootsi rannikule Soome lahe äärde Spithami külla radarijaama, kuhu toodi arvatavasti lähedal Osmussaarel teeninud väeosa. Sõdurid elasid telkides, kuni kasarmud valmisid, kõrgemad ohvitserid aga majutati kohalikesse taludesse. Järgmistel aastatel lisandusid kasarmud, söökla, tehnilised hooned ja punkrid ning baasi diiselgeneraator andis voolu isegi külale. Kahel suurel mullakünkal paiknesid radariseadmed. Väeosa püsis siin kuni 1993. aastani, mil see viidi Venemaale Leningradi oblastisse. Alles on kaks radarikünkat, juhtimiskeskus, tehnilised punkrid, sõidukite garaaž ja lagunev söökla.
Source: Military Heritage Tourism ↗