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Soviet missile base | Trip around lake Võrtsjärv E03

Theodors travels motovlog. I decided to ride around Estonias second largest lake - Võrtsjärv. In this episode I spot an artistic bus stop, break through some bushes, to reach a soviet rocket base and take a look at Rõngu castle ruins. Valguta is a village in Elva municipality, in Tartu country, in Southern Estonia. The bus stop with fancy paintings is a work done in frames of RUA Street Art Festival in 2024. Viktoria Berezina, an artist from Ukraine and resident in Estonia, covered the bus pavilion in the village of Valguta in the Petrykivka technique. The painting technique, which originated in the Ukrainian village of Petrykivka in the 18th century, has been used to cover the walls of buildings and everyday objects with bright floral and nature motifs. The painting technique is also included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Viktoria's mural exudes life and joy and is full of summer colors. The artist hopes that the bus pavilion will remind locals of the joy of summer even during the long and cold winter. At the same time, the work also reflects Viktoria's homesickness - her memory is of her homeland and Ukrainians, who are fighting back and standing up for their independence when attacked by forces of evil. Rõngu rocket base, or Lossimäe S-75 anti-aircraft missile division was operational till year 1985. After that Soviet Union started switching to S-300 rocket system, which no longer required stationary infrastructure, for operation. Anti-aircraft missile division included a combat control section, a radio technical battery, and a launch battery. Targets were detected with P-15M radar system (later with P-18 radar system). The missiles were guided by RSN-75 guidance radar, which had to be located no less than 500m away from targeting radars, so there would be no interference. Launching systems were laid out in hexagonal field, in a manner that allowed vehicles service them without interrupting each other, even if any of them malfunctioned. Every S-75 launchpad had one missile. The whole division was allowed to have up to 24 missiles, but usually had less. Rõngu is a small borough in Elva Parish, Tartu County, southern Estonia. The present-day ruins are the visible remains of a so-called "vassal castle", a smaller fortress not designed for major military operations, established in the early 14th century. Built in the south-western part of the Bishopric of Dorpat (Tartu), it probably served to control the bishopric's border there. The castle was centered on a rectangular courtyard which was surrounded by wings. The gate, the remains of which are most prominently visible today, was strengthened by a gatehouse that also housed a chapel on its second floor. During the Livonian War, the castle was pillaged by Russian troops. After 1583, when the area came under the influence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as the Duchy of Livonia, it was still in use, this time by local Jesuits. In 1558 Livonians tried to regain control over the area, but only managed to destroy the Rõngu castle. Lake Võrtsjärv is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²). It is the second largest lake in Estonia, after Lake Peipus (Peipsi järv) and the largest lake situated entirely within Estonia. The shallow lake above sea level and relatively shallow, with average depth of 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in). Shores of the lake are swampy in the South and sandy in the North. Around 35 species of commercially important fish are found in the lake. In 2010, Võrtsjärv was voted European Destination of Excellence. I ride a Honda GL1500C Valkyrie from 1997, with custom paint. I have been on this bike for 8 years now and can vouch for its comfort and reliability. Video was recorded with Garmin Virb Ultra 30 as my helmet camera, Insta 360 X2 as my secondary camera and Huawei P30 Pro as off bike camera, edited with Kdenlive version 24. 00:00 Heading to Rõngu 01:17 Valguta bus stop 01:32 Issues with reaching the base 04:11 First structures 05:27 Exploring a larger structure 09:50 Rõngu castle ruins