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Coordinates: 57 ° 53 ' N , 27 ° 47' E
Saatse ( setukesisch Satserina ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the extreme southeast of Estonia on the border with Russia . It belongs to the Setomaa rural community in Võru County (until 2017 Värska in Põlva County ). The river Piusa ( Estonian Piusa jõgi ) flows near the village center .
Border location
Since Estonian regained independence in 1991, the state border between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation has run along the village border. The only road from Värska to Saatse leads through Russian territory. The route that transit travelers can freely use is only permitted for motor vehicles (not for pedestrians or cyclists). Stopping is prohibited, as indicated by traffic signs on the Estonian side.
history
In the old church chronicles Saatse was previously known under the name Gorki (or Korki). Later the place was given the Russian name Satscherenie, from which the Estonian and Setukesian place names were later derived. The inhabitants belong to the Setukesian culture . In 1673 a wooden church was built in Saatse.
church
The old cemetery and today's Orthodox Church of Saatse with its iconostasis are worth seeing . The building was completed in 1801 and expanded in 1884. In 1839 a 22 meter high wooden church tower was added. The famous icon with the "Story of Paraskeva Pyatsinitsa" dates from the 18th century. Inside the church there is a stone cross from the 15th century in a metal frame, which is said to have miraculous powers.
A formative personality in Saatse was the local pope Wassili Sokolowski at the turn of the 20th century . Among other things, he introduced beekeeping in Saatse. In 1919 he was murdered in the political turmoil after the First World War . His grave is next to the entrance portal of the cemetery on the site of the former altar of the old church.
museum
In Saatse, in the old school house, there is a museum on the culture of the Setu with over 20,000 exhibits. It opened in 1974 and is now a branch of the Setu Museum of Värska, which was founded in 1998. The art works of Renaldo Veeber , the son of the museum's founder Viktor Veebers, are also on display there. The museum is located directly on the Estonian-Russian border control strip.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- Setu Museum in Saatse (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 13, 2011 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.
- ↑ http://www.setomaa.ee/index.php?id=6da9003b743b65f4c0ccd295cc484e57&object_id=346
- ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 276
