[ENG] Before and during WWI the General Staff of the Tsarist Russian army believed that in case of an attack by foreign troops, the Western Estonian islands would be a prime target: after a successful landing, it would give a good position for the enemy to launch an attack on the Tsarist capital, St Petersburg. Therefore the army started establishing defensive installations on the Western Estonian islands. On the south-eastern coast of Muhu, two artillery stations were founded near Võiküla village that were intended to block the entrance to the Big Strait (positions no. 32 and 36) and one artillery station for antiaircraft defence (position no 32a). The artillery stations participated in the battles against German warships in the autumn of 1917. Access to the station from Kuivastu port was provided by means of a narrow-gauge railway and a straight cobble stone road with the length of nearly 3 kilometres. The roads were constructed in 1914–1916. The cobble stone road are well observable at present, the artillery stations not so well.
The stations were located at about one kilometre distance from each other. Station nr 32 were equipped with four 6-inch cannons, as well as with anti-aircraft guns and 11 bunkers, and located south from the village. The station nr 36 were equipped with five 10-inch Durlacher-type bore cannons respectively. The big canons were lined up on 70 metres distance from each other, except the westernmost cannon that stood somewhat on the fore on 100m distance. The commando station was behind the artillery line. The construction of the artillery stations was never fully completed. The stations, although supported by Russian warships located in the Big Strait, could not stop the German army from occupying the islands. The positions were demolished in the artillery duel with German warships Köning and Kronprinz on the 17th of October, 1917.
There is a movie about the battle "Moonzund" and the history book about artillery stations "Batarei Moonzunda" by Yuri Melkonov, also Valentin Pikul wrote the novel Moonzund".
The cache is hidden close to Järve station's nr 36 westernmost cannon.
Attention! It is not recommended exploring the cobble stone road with a low-bottomed car.
[EST] I maailmasõja eel ja ajal kardeti Tsaari-Venemaa kindralstaabis, et sõja korral üritab vaenlane teha dessandi Lääne-Eesti saartele ja siit avaneb tal hea võimalus edasiseks pealetungiks pealinnale Sankt Peterburgile. Seetõttu loodi siin laiaulatuslik kaitseorganisatsioon – Muhu väina kindlustatud positsioon (Moonzundskaja ukreplennaja positsija).
Saartele rajati mitu rannakindlustussüsteemi, nende hulgas kaks Võiküla rannakaitse kahuripatareid nr. 32 ja 36 ning õhutõrjepatarei nr. 32a. Patarei nr. 32 asus külast veidi lõunas. Seal paiknes neli 6-tollise kaliibriga suurtükki, õhutõrjekahurid ja varjendid. Nr. 36 asus Võikülast 1250 meetrit lääne pool ja sai nime läheduses asuva Järve talu järgi. See oli relvastatud viie 10-tollise Durlacher-tüüpi kahuriga. Neli kahurit vahemaaga 70 meetrit seisid ühel joonel, viies (läänepoolne) oli 15 meetri võrra sellest sirgest eespool ning oma naabrist 100 m kaugusel. Komandopunkt jäi 35 m positsioonist tahapoole, 3. ja 4. kahuri vahele. Patareid osalesid I maailmasõja merelahingutes, tähtsaim neist oli Moonsundi lahing. 1917.a 17.septembril kell 7:22 avas Vene laevastik tule ja sellega ühines Võiküla rannapatarei. Lahingu edasisest käigust saab lugeda SIIT. Lahing lõppes samal päeval 17:30, kui valge signaalrakett andis märku, et Võiküla patarei on vallutatud ja võitlusvõimetuks tehtud. Patareide alused ja sinna viiv munakivitee on osaliselt säilinud tänaseni, raudteed meenutab vaid tamm.
Patarei 32,
patarei 36,
100 (120) mm patarei
ja munakivitee sõjamuuseumite andmebaasis.
Lahingust on tehtud mängufilm "Moonzund", kirjutatud romaan Moonzund" Valentin Pikuli sulest ning ajalooraamat patareide kohta "Batarei Moonzunda" Juri Melkonovi poolt.
Aare on peidetud Järve patarei nr 36 läänepoolse kahuri asukoha lähedusse.
PS Madalapõhjalise autoga ei ole soovitatav munakiviteele seiklema minna, jalgrattaga minnes tuleb arvestada, et pärast on vaja kõikvõimalikud mutrid üle keerata.