Ausstellung über die Radaranlage Skrunda im örtlichen Herrenhaus
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Skrunda manor has an exhibit about the Skrunda radar (Skrunda radio location station) and the activities of the Latvian Popular Front in Skrunda. The Skrunda radio location station nicknamed ‘Kombināts’ (The Plant) was a USSR missile early warning system in the western sector. Location ‘Skrunda-2’ was a special town (в/ч 18951) created 5 km from Skrunda in the direction of Kuldīga for the needs of the USSR military. The radar station Dņepr operated from here and a new, more modern station Darjal was being built. Construction was stopped and the radar station Darjal was blown up on 4 May 1995. In compliance with an international agreement the radar station Dnieper was shut down on 31 August 1998.
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Source: Information about the museum exposition provided by Skrunda manor.
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Kampf an der Skrunda-Schule am 22. Januar 1919
Erinnerungen von Oberleutnant Jānis Ķīselis an die Kämpfe in der Skrunda-Schule am 22. Januar 1919
Heldentum von Oberst Oscar Kalpak in der Schlacht von Skrunda
Oberst Oskars Kalpaks gewann den Respekt seiner Soldaten durch sein persönliches Beispiel und seine Ermutigung.