president Urho Kekkonen to visit the Estonian ski resort Otepää in 1964, the other on its southern neighbour still at high heat.
president Urho Kekkonen to enjoy life to the spring spot. Morning journal archivesEstonian skiing mecca is Kekkonen, named after latuosuus. Otepää ski stadium sports museum to find Finnish your own video department.
Kekkonen in march, 1964 in Tartu, youth speech, in which he urged the Soviet union under the yoke of the struggle of the people to nurture their own language and identity. Estonian held after the speech, the Finnish from mind the hobby of the couple around 50 kilometres from tartu to Otepäähän.
He was skiing man until the end. The evening journal archivesin Estonia, the enthusiasm is still at that time, the 63-year-old Kekkonen ski skills 17 miles of jogging. The soviet security service KGB leather jacket men was assigned to go skiing, He led a convoy, but these fell along the hank and knocked the torch-carrier for the ride. Part of the KGB körmyistä lost his gun in the snow. Skiing ended otepää equal to the sauna, which was named after the visit of the "Kekkonen saunaksi".
Otepää sports museum special Kekkonen-button coverage of the first in Yle on Saturday 19. January tv.
Otepää sports museum of Estonia is Kekkonen-button. Jussi Saarinen