Risti (village)
Coordinates: 59 ° 0 ' N , 24 ° 3' E
Risti is a village ( Estonian alevik ) in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula in the Estonian county of Lääne . Until 2013 it was the capital of the now dissolved rural community of the same name Risti ( Risti vald ).
Description and history
The village has 532 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located about thirty kilometers northeast of the city of Haapsalu . The river Vihterpalu ( Vihterpalu jõgi ) flows west of the village .
The name of the place (in German "Kreuz" or "Kreuzung") comes from its location at the intersection of the highways Tallinn - Haapsalu and Piirsalu - Lihula . Its history is closely linked to the postal route that led from the Estonian capital Tallinn via Virtsu to Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa . The Risti post office was inaugurated at the end of 1855.
Today's place Risti was built at the beginning of the 20th century with the construction of the railway line from Keila to Haapsalu (1903-1905). It grew rapidly in the first few decades. With the completion of the economically more important narrow-gauge railway from Rapla to the Virtsu ferry port in 1931, however, Risti lost its strategic importance. The post station in Risti was closed on May 1, 1934, the train station in 2004.
Memorial to the deportees from West Estonia
The Raudteerööpad mäletavad ... monument, inaugurated in 1999, is located on the former station building with its two platforms . It is dedicated to the victims of the Soviet deportations from West Estonia, who were brought into the interior of the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1949 . The memorial is a design by the Estonian artist Viljar Ansko .
The multilingual inscription is placed on a marble plaque
- LÄÄNE-EESTIST KÜDITATUTE MÄLESTUSEK
- IN MEMORY OF THE DEPORTED PERSONS FROM WEST ESTONIA
- IN MEMORY OF THE DISTRIBUTED FROM WESTLAND
- В ПАМЯТЬ ВЫСЕЛЕННЫМ ИЗ ЗАПАДНОЙ ЭСТОНИЙ
Over 3,000 people from the region were deported to Siberia by rail during the Stalinist era . In March 1949 the deportation train No. 97308 was put together at the Risti station. 210 men, 506 women and 311 children from West Estonia were abducted by the Soviet occupation authorities in cattle wagons to the small town of Cherepanowo in Novosibirsk Oblast .
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 505.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
