A zenith missile brigade division at Ragaciems

During the Soviet era, this was the only place along the Latvian shoreline with a barbed wire fence that stretched into the sea. In other words, it was the only place where you could not walk on the beach because of a military facility that was there. I remember an event at high school in the late 1980s, perhaps in 1989. With full purpose, we “wandered” into the restricted beach territory, and we were immediately “arrested” by two soldiers armed with Kalashnikovs. They weren’t aggressive. They were actually quite friendly – we took some photographs with them and each went on our way. I guess the upcoming changes in Latvia had had an effect on the Border Guard’s approach to those who “violated” the border.