Upiskalns

The gates to the unit were strictly controlled and guarded. Little of the control area is left – just part of one small building. The largest building back then contained the “communications central.” It survives and is used by a religious congregation called Word of Life. There used to be a secret army cable between the building and Kaliningrad, which allowed the unit to monitor the Baltic Sea all the way to the enclave. During the latter years of the Soviet regime, the unit was there simply for this purpose of ensuring contacts with Kaliningrad and with submarines in the Baltic Sea. In the middle of this communications facility was a big hall panelled like a brass screen.