Šmeižikės vaikystė bombų sprogimų šešėlyje – Fosforo kapsulės
Vaikystę praleidęs netoli Zvārde taikinio poligono, apsuptas sprogimų ir skrendančių reaktyvinių lėktuvų, vis tiek kartais savaitgaliais galėdavau patekti į poligoną. Sovietų armijai pasitraukus, žemė buvo nusėta bombų krateriais ir daugybe sprogstamųjų užtaisų ne tik poligono laikų, bet ir Antrojo pasaulinio karo laikų. Berniukams ypač patiko deginti fosforo kapsules...
Fosforo kapsulės medžioklė
Dvejus metus vasaromis eidavome į poligoną su mamomis medžioti fosforo kapsulių. Fosforo bombos buvo rastos netoli kilimo ir tūpimo tako modeliavimo, nes jų funkcija buvo apšviesti bombardavimo zoną naktinio bombardavimo metu. Per bombardavimą fosforo bombos kapsulės su mažais parašiutais nukrito virš taikinio, apšviesdamos dangų už kelių kilometrų. Iš bombų ištraukėme nesudegusias fosforo kapsules ir panaudojome Joninių laužuose, nes jos degė itin ryškia šviesa...
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Zvārde shooting range and former Soviet military base "Lapsas"
The landfill's service base is located approximately 2 kilometres east of Striķu Manor, on the Saldus-Auce road. The former Soviet Military Aviation Target Range (military unit No 15439) in Zvārde is located south of Saldus. The territory of the airfield is home to several sights - the ruins of Zvārde and Ķerkliņi churches, the ruined Rīteļi cemetery, the observation post of the airfield, the so-called "Officers' Kurgan" and the former airfield personnel base and shooting range "Lapsas".
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Zvārde church ruins
The ruins of Zvārde Church are located on the territory of the former Zvārde air target range, near the so-called "Kurgan of the Officers". After a kilometre and a half, you will pass a T-junction with the Rīteļi cemetery nearby.
The first wooden church and rectory were built here in 1567, and the stone church was built in 1783 at the expense of local peasants, Kurzeme nobles and Duke of Courland Peter Byron. During...
Riteli Cemetery
After the airfield was established in this area in 1953 at the request of the USSR Ministry of Defence, the Zvārde Church, the Ķerkliņi Church and the Rīteļi Cemetery were actually located in the centre of the airfield - next to an artificial airfield with access roads and defence positions, which was used as a target by Soviet pilots. Planes flew here from airfields in Latvia and elsewhere in the Soviet Union. In less than 40 years, the church, the cemetery, the former manor house and dozens of surrounding buildings were reduced to ruins. Today, the site is cared for by the Saldus Martin Luther Church. The surrounding area is still contaminated with unexploded ordnance and it can be dangerous to walk off the roads.
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Soviet air force target firing ground in Zvārde
Zvārde landfill is located in Zvārde municipality, Saldus region. It is a former military aviation training ground of the USSR, covering more than 24 000 hectares.
The territory of the former airfield is home to several sites: the Officers' Kurgan, the ruins of the Zvārde and Ķērkliņi churches, the Rīteļi cemetery, the former army base "Lapsas", and others. Until the Second World War, the site of the observation tower was home to the "Vairogi" house. During the construction of the polygon, what was left of the farm - walls, the remains of the...
