and to remember the history. so it s preserving the history, not celebrating the ideology. absolutely right. these spaces are being lovingly restored. money and hard work have been spent to make them attractive. some haven t had that treatment but have become popular nonetheless. this is rummu. it was one of a string of soviet run prisons that used to stretch across estonia. it s got quite a grim backstory. that s all history now, right? from their arrival in 1940, the soviets used prisoners here to mine and process limestone from the quarry. when estonia regained its independence in 1991, the site was abandoned and reclaimed by rising groundwater.
i think the persons that were staying in this prison, for sure, they don t want to come back here. but for the rest of us, it s mainly the place we can spend summertime or enjoy the water because it s really warm and it s really good visibility here and we can see everything inside. i really love being here in the water. sigrid has genuine affection for rummu. she wants to preserve it and stop it falling into the hands of developers. this could be considered as having a very strong association with the soviet period. do you think that these sorts of places should be preserved or taken down? that depends on the place and it depends on the monument maybe, because most of them have been taken down already. maybe the ones that we can use for the future to have the place to go, to see some pieces some pieces of history, they
money and hard work have been spent to make them attractive. some haven t had that treatment but have become popular nonetheless. this is rummu. it was one of a string of soviet run prisons that used to stretch across estonia. it s got quite a grim backstory. that s all history now, right? from their arrival in 1940, the soviets used prisoners here to mine and process limestone from the quarry. when estonia regained its independence in 1991, the site was abandoned and reclaimed by rising groundwater. today, it s become popular with swimmers, divers and snorkellers. so, what can you tell me about this building and what it would have been when it was a functioning prison?
money and hard work have been spent to make them attractive. some haven t had that treatment but have become popular nonetheless. this is rummu. it was one of a string of soviet run prisons that used to stretch across estonia. it s got quite a grim backstory. that s all history now, right? from their arrival in 1940, the soviets used prisoners here to mine and process limestone from the quarry. when estonia regained its independence in 1991, the site was abandoned and reclaimed by rising groundwater. today, it s become popular with swimmers, divers and snorkellers. so, what can you tell me about this building and what it would have been when it was a functioning prison?
i think the persons that were staying in this prison, for sure, they don t want to come back here. but for the rest of us, it s mainly the place we can spend summertime or enjoy the water because it s really warm and it s really good visibility here and we can see everything inside. i really love being here in the water. sigrid has genuine affection for rummu. she wants to preserve it and stop it falling into the hands of developers. this could be considered as having a very strong association with the soviet period. do you think that these sorts of places should be preserved or taken down? that depends on the place and it depends on the monument maybe, because most of them have been taken down already. maybe the ones that we can use for the future to have the place to go,