WE WERE ESTONIAN SOLDIERS. Carl Orav

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171st Rifle Regiment and Deserting the Red Army

      In May of 1941, the regiment was relocated from Petseri to Camp Värska. This was in a beautiful natural setting among fir trees adjacent to Lake Ersava. After we arrived, there was an order issued for all senior officers to report for further training in Russia at the Frunze Academy. Our regiment’s commander, Major Tuvikene, received such an order. Tuvikene was a hard working and patriotic officer. He had to give up his pistol upon leaving. I was responsible for arms and ammunition at the camp, and he told me, when he relinquished his weapon, that we would probably never see each other again. Later I heard that he had deserted and found a hiding place with relatives in Valga. Unfortunately these relatives were on the deportation list, and the major was found there when the troops came knocking.

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      Ed. Note: The Military Technical Academy was the Estonian equivalent of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.

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      Ed. Note: Toompea was the seat of the Estonian government in Tallinn. The palace at Kadriorg was the residence of Konstatin Päts, Estonia’s president.

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      Ed. Note: Col. Normak was deported to the Ural Mountains in Russia in August, 1940. He was never heard from again.

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Ed. Note: The Military Technical Academy was the Estonian equivalent of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.

2

Ed. Note: Toompea was the seat of the Estonian government in Tallinn. The palace at Kadriorg was the residence of Konstatin Päts, Estonia’s president.

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Ed. Note: Col. Normak was deported to the Ural Mountains in Russia in August, 1940. He was never heard from again.