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Archive documentary · 26.05.1936

Unveiling the Misso battle memorial, 1936

Misso lahingu mälestussamba avamine, 1936

On 26 May 1936 a memorial was unveiled at Misso, in the far south-east, where men of the Estonian cavalry regiment had fallen in a War of Independence battle. A short scene of the ceremony, with General Johan Laidoner, is part of Eesti Kultuurfilm's review of the year's main events. The same eleven-minute reel jumps from a writers' visit to Kadriorg Palace and a schools' day at the song festival grounds to an air show in Tallinn and a storm at the Nahksild in Pärnu. The memorial stands by the Riga–Pskov road.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

26. mail 1936 avati kaugel kagus Missos mälestussammas paigas, kus Vabadussõja lahingus langesid Eesti ratsarügemendi mehed. Lühike stseen avamisest koos kindral Johan Laidoneriga kuulub Eesti Kultuurfilmi aastaülevaatesse. Sama üheteistminutine lint hüppab kirjanike külaskäigult Kadrioru lossi ja koolinoorte päevalt lauluväljakul lennupäevale Tallinnas ja tormile Pärnu Nahksilla juures. Mälestussammas seisab Riia–Pihkva maantee ääres.

Map of the area around Unveiling the Misso battle memorial, 1936
57.59752° N, 27.20541° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Rahvusarhiiv EFA.4.f.126 (Eesti Kultuurfilm) ↗

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