Remembered by people who were there · 1945
Taavi Anari remembers growing up in Kadriorg Palace after the war
Taavi Anari, born in 1938, was the son of a worker at the Tallinn arsenal. When war broke out in 1941 the arsenal workers and their families were evacuated to Leningrad, and he remembers the Juminda sea battle, when their ship, the Kazakhstan, was hit several times and stayed afloat only thanks to his father and other men working the big pumps. After the Soviet return in 1944 the family moved into Kadriorg Palace, then the offices of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, where his father became commandant. As a boy he found grenades and cartridges in Kadriorg park for years.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Taavi Anari (sünd 1938) isa oli Tallinna arsenali tööline. Kui 1941. aastal puhkes sõda, evakueeriti arsenali töötajad koos peredega Leningradi ning Taavi meenutab Juminda merelahingut, kui nende laev Kasahstan sai mitu tabamust ja püsis pinnal ainult tänu tema isale ja teistele meestele, kes panid tööle suured veepumbad. Pärast Nõukogude võimu naasmist 1944. aastal kolis pere Kadrioru lossi, mis oli siis Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi hoone, ja isast sai lossi komandant. Poisina leidis Taavi Kadrioru pargist veel aastaid käsigranaate ja padruneid.
Source: Eesti Mälu Instituut, Kogu Me Lugu (YouTube), video DgGY4u41mMc ↗