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AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SITE  
   

AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SITE

Ready line for mobile launchers. Elysee is on watch.
ESTONIA MUHU ISLAND-PART FOUR: SOVIET STYLE OCCUPATION

August 11th 2009
(From my book OUR SUMMER IN ESTONIA, AMAZON.COM) It’s ironic that my second historical interest on Muhu spans those 800 years, with the battle of 1227, representing the beginning of Estonian subjugation, and a deserted Soviet air defense missile site representing the final shaking off of Estonia’s foreign occupation. Muhu was off limits to all but the island’s residents, for the almost f ... read more
Europe » Estonia » Saaremaa

Estonian Flag After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more
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