Ultima Thule Sõrve Svorbe Ösel / Øsel / Eysýsla / Saaremaa
Sõrve Sääre tipp, Sõrve Peninsula / Svorbe halvön / Die Halbinsel Sworbe
Sõrve Peninsula (Estonian: Sõrve poolsaar) is a peninsula which forms the southernmost section of the Estonian island Saaremaa.
Its length is 32 km, and its maximum width 10 km. South of it lies Irbe Strait.
Administratively, it comprises Torgu Parish and Salme Parish, both in Saare County
Historically, the peninsula had considerable military significance, dominating the Irbe Strait and the sea route to Riga.
In the first half of the 20th century strong coastal batteries were installed on it by Imperial Russia up to 1917 and then by the Soviet Union after 1940.
In the course of World War II, the peninsula saw major fighting between Soviet and German forces, first in 1941 with the Germans attacking and the Soviets defending, and again during the Moonsund Landing Operation in 1944 with the roles reversed.
Even now it is dangerous to walk in undeveloped forest areas because a lot of unexploded ordnance remains from the fighting.
The Sõrve peninsula is also known for its unique and special natural attractions. Many rare species of birds, flowers and insects can be found throughout Sõrve.
At the southern end of the peninsula, Sõrve sits and as a continuation to it a series of rocks in Irbens sund.
According to legend, the rocks arose with the help of Stora Tõll, who threw stones after the Old Devil when he drove him out of the country.
Heavier blocks fell closer and easier a little further away.
Good to know: Sõrve Peninsula has been mentioned for the first time in 1234.
Sõrve Säär is one of bird watchers' hunting places.
SAAREMAA (OSILIA, OSSA, WALTIA) - THE ISLAND OF THE 'RUS' PEOPLE, described by the Arab chronists of the X-XI Centuries. RO’UŽ (Livonian) - 'people, tribe'.
"... As for ar-Rusi, they live on an island in the sea. That island occupies a space of three days in both directions. On the island there are forests and swamps, and it is surrounded by a lake. They, Russ, are numerous and they consider the sword as a means of subsistence. If a person dies and leaves his daughters and sons, then all the property goes to the daughters, and the sons are only given a sword, and they say: "The father got good with the sword, follow his example ..."
And they are strong and mighty people and go to distant places with the aim of raids, and they also sail on ships in the Khazar Sea, attack ships and seize goods. Their courage and braveness are well known, so one of their warriors is equivalent to many warriors in the other nations. If they had horses and they were riders, they would be the most terrible scourge for humanity. "
Al-Marwazi. "Taba and al-Zayvan", one of the translation options.
"They [the Ruses] do not have arable lands, but bring food from the land of the Slavs", "And they have no real estate, neither villages nor arable lands," the island itself "is covered with forests and swamps, and is so unhealthy and wet that no earlier one sets foot on the ground, it starts to shake due to the abundance of moisture in it".
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Slavists associate the island with island of Rügen: [ Ссылка ]; Germanists set logical reasons why Rügen doesn’t fit in, but, since they search for the 'RUS' island exclusively in Scandinavia, they don’t find anything corresponding to the descriptions: [ Ссылка ]. And neither the Slavists, nor the Germanists take Finno-Ugrians into account.
Yet, what else can be meant, other than the SAAREMAA (OSILIA, OSSA, WALTIA) island in the Baltics, with clear depiction of its size and nature, and the habits of the ancient Estonian pirates, who used Osilia and its harbors as their military base for centuries, prior to Christianisation!? The coves of Saaremaa were shelters for fleets of thousands of ships. See studies by Edgar V. Saks AESTII and ESTONIAN VIKINGS.
Military affairs, weaponry manufacturing, trade of goods and slaves were the main occupation on this island, inhabited by professional warriors and their families (the 'Rusi'), while food and other supplies were coming from inland, where the 'Slavs' (Slaves, Sciavi, Esclavos) worked.
Names Rusi and Slavi initially had nothing to do with languages spoken, but distinguished between the classes within the society hierarchy.
Possible stem words for 'rus' in the Finnic languages are:
1) ro’už (Livonian) - 'people, tribe';
2) rusi(kas) (Estonian), rusikka (Old Finnish) - 'a fist', fig. 'power, oppression, pressure, violence, pressure', 'military force';
3) ruuz, gen. ruusi (Est.) - 'a large flat boat';
roоtsi (Est.), ruotsi (Fin.) - 'rowers', also a reference name for Swedes.
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