Sesniki | |
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Village | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Võru County |
Parish | Setomaa Parish |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sesniki is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. [1]
Sesniki and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina and Ulitina) are notable as part of Estonia that, although not an enclave, was not accessible by road before 2008 without passing through Russian territory for several hundred metres, through an area known as the Saatse Boot. In 2008 a new Matsuri–Sesniki road was opened, making it possible to reach the area without necessarily passing through the Saatse Boot. This is, however, a 15–20 km detour if traveling from Värska.
Lutepää is a small village on the Värska-to-Saatse gravel road in southeast Estonia.
Värska is a small borough in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. At the 2021 Census, the settlement's population was 414. It's the most populous village of the Parish.
Värska Parish was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It had a population of 1,344 and an area of 187.82 km2 (72.52 sq mi).
Kirbla is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia.
Kõvera is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Kundruse is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Litvina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Matsuri is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia, on the border with Russia. The Tartu–Pechory, Valga–Pechory railways and Karisilla–Pechory road all pass Matsuri and cross the border in neighbouring Koidula. In 2011, a new Koidula railway station was built on the territory of Matsuri to enable traffic between Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways while avoiding crossing the Russian border.
Pattina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Perdaku is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Saabolda is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Saatse is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 89.
Samarina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Ulitina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Keo is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia. Between 1991–2017 the village was located in Raikküla Parish.
The Saatse Boot is a boot-shaped area of Russian territory of 115 hectares that extends through the road number 178 between the Estonian villages of Lutepää and Sesniki in Setomaa Parish.
Privileged transit traffic or corridor traffic is traffic of one country across the territory of another country without usual customs and passport checks. The corresponding line of communication is called the (privileged) traffic corridor and a train used in this kind of transit is called a corridor train. The reason for such arrangements is usually border changes or border creation which cut through an existing transport corridor.
Sakalovapalo burial mounds is an ancient burial ground, a cemetery in Obinitsa village, Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. A stone cross used to be located near the burial mounds and the place was important and well known for the people in the region. The stone cross was destroyed during Soviet rule; many other burial mounds were also destroyed during the same period, as the sand from the mound was used on the roads nearby for antiskid treatment. The cross was a donation place, where passersby brought money, buttons, strings of yarn and other things. Red and white ribbons were tied to the bushes near the cross. People in the former times thought that the mounds date back to the Great Northern War or Swedish Rule and told stories of great battles in connection with the mounds. The mounds have been examined in different times by different archaeologists. In 1913, the excavations were done by Russian geologist V. Kreiton. K. Mark, E. Astel, E. Richter, J. Linnus and many others have also done excavations in the mounds. The cemetery might have initially had up to 50 sand mounds. 36 of them have been preserved, 8 of which are extended mounds and 28 are round mounds. The mounds are so far the oldest archaeological relics in Obinitsa area.
German submarine U-3503 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built for service in World War II. She was ordered on 6 November 1943, and was laid down on 17 June 1944 at F Schichau GmbH, Danzig, as yard number 1648. She was launched on 27 July 1944, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hugo Deiring on 9 September 1944.
Setomaa Parish is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 2,849 and an area of 463.1 km².