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Narva
Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, Estonia–Russia international border. As of January 1, 2025, the population of Narva, Estonia, was approximately 52,495, according to data compiled by national statistical bureaus in the Baltic region (source). Narva is Estonia's third largest city after capital Tallinn and Tartu. Narva was nearly completely destroyed in 1944 during World War II. During the Soviet era of Estonia in 1944–1991, the city's original inhabitants were not permitted to return, and immigrant workers from Soviet Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union (USSR) were introduced. Narva’s population, 65% ethnic Estonian as of the 1934 census, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data, 46.7% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narva (river)
The Narva, formerly also Narwa or Narova, flows north into the Baltic Sea and is the largest Estonian river by Discharge (hydrology), discharge. A similar length of land far to the south, together with it and a much longer intermediate lake, Lake Peipus, all together nowadays form the international border between Estonia and Russia. The river gives its name to the archaeological culture, archaeological (Neolithic Europe, Neolithic) Narva culture, as well as the city of Narva. Narva is the third most populous urban area in Estonia, and nowadays faces the Russian town of Ivangorod right across the border over the river. At the coast the river passes part of the resort of Narva-Jõesuu. Its mouth opens into boxing the compass, WNW-facing Narva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Narva gives the second-greatest discharge into the Gulf of Finland (the greatest discharge comes from the Neva River). Etymology The etymology of the toponym ''Narva'' is not clear. According to one hypothesis i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia–Russia Border
The Estonia–Russia border is the international border between the Republic of Estonia (European Union, EU and NATO member) and the Russian Federation (Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS and Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO member). The border is long. It emerged during World War I, in 1918, as Estonia Estonian Declaration of Independence, declared its independence from the then warring Russian Empire, Russian and German Empire, German Empires. The border goes mostly along the national, administrative and ethnic boundaries that have gradually formed since the 13th century. The exact location of the border was a subject of Estonia–Russia relations, Estonian–Russian dispute that was resolved with the signing of the Border Agreement, but neither Russia nor Estonia have completed its ratification yet. It is an external border of the European Union. In September 2022, Estonia closed its borders to most Russian citizens in response to the February 2022 Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narva Culture
The Narva culture or eastern Baltic was a European Neolithic archaeological culture in present-day Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad Oblast (former East Prussia), and adjacent portions of Poland, Belarus and Russia. A successor of the Mesolithic Kunda culture, the Narva culture continued up to the start of the Bronze Age. The culture spanned from to 1750 BC. The technology was that of hunter-gatherers. The culture was named after the Narva River in Estonia. Technology and artifacts The people of the Narva culture had little access to flint; therefore, they were forced to trade and conserve their flint resources. For example, there were very few flint arrowheads and flint was often reused. The Narva culture relied on local materials (bone, horn, schist). As evidence of trade, researchers found pieces of pink flint from Valdai Hills and plenty of typical Narva pottery in the territory of the Neman culture while no objects from the Neman culture were found in Narv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Narva
The following is a list of mayors of Narva, Estonia. List Mayor of Narva (Russian Empire) * Adolf Theodor Hahn (1873–1877 and 1882–1884) * Dmitri Zinovjev (14 December 1878 – 29 December 1881) * Aleksandr Svinkin (1886–1894)Материалы к биографическому словарю. Т.I (до 1940 г.) С л о в н и к Составитель – проф. С. Г. Исаков * Pjotr Pankov (1898–1902) * Alfons Tatarin (26 November 1902 – 12 March 1910) * Aleksei Ossipov (25 April 1910 – 21 March 1917) * Ants Dauman (1917–1918) Mayor of Narva (post-independence) * Eduard Alfred Dieckhoff (1918) * Albert Tiimann (1918–1919) * Robert Astrem (1919) * Anton Võhmar (Võhman) (1921–1922) *Johannes Hermann (1922–1924) * Jaan Luts (1924–1927) *Johannes Hermann (1927–1930)Postimees (1886-1944), nr. 45, 16 veebruar 1940 *Jaan Luts (1930–1936) * Jaan Lust (1936–1940) Mayor of Narva (German Estonia) * Johan Hansing (1940) * Leonhard Vaht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Castle
Hermann Castle, also known as the Narva castle or Narva fortress, is a medieval castle in the city of Narva, in northeastern Estonia. The castle was established around 1256, when the area was part of the Danish Realm. The first entirely stone fortifications were built in the beginning of the 14th century. The Livonian Order, Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order purchased the castle in August 1346, and owned it for much of its later history. Medieval fortifications The Kingdom of Denmark, having Danish Estonia, conquered northern Estonia in the 13th century, established a border stronghold, initially built of wood, at the intersection of the Narva (river), Narva river and an old road in the mid-13th century. Under the protection of the stronghold, which is first mentioned in writing in 1256, the earlier settlement developed into the town of Narva, which obtained the Lübeck law, Lübeck town rights in the first half of the 14th century. Following several conflicts with the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida-Virumaa Lipp
Ida-Viru County ( or ; ) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most northeastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used in the production of shale oil and in thermal power plants. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish; nevertheless, Narva is the largest town in the county in terms of population and at the same time the third largest city in Estonia after Tallinn and Tartu. In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had a population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia. It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia (Leningrad Oblast) in the east. It is the only county in Estonia where Russians constitute the majority of population (73.1% in 2010), the second highest being Harju (28%). History During the latter part of the period of Soviet rule of Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( or ; ) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most northeastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used in the production of shale oil and in thermal power plants. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish; nevertheless, Narva is the largest town in the county in terms of population and at the same time the third largest city in Estonia after Tallinn and Tartu. In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had a population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia. It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia (Leningrad Oblast) in the east. It is the only county in Estonia where Russians constitute the majority of population (73.1% in 2010), the second highest being Harju (28%). History During the latter part of the period of Soviet rule of Esto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the world's largest brackish water basin. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. It is a Continental shelf#Shelf seas, shelf sea and marginal sea of the Atlantic with limited water exchange between the two, making it an inland sea. The Baltic Sea drains through the Danish straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia (divided into the Bothnian Bay and the Bothnian Sea), the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Bay of Gdańsk. The "Baltic Proper" is bordered on its northern edge, at latitude 60°N, by Åland and the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga, and in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katri Raik
Katri Raik (born 26 October 1967) is an Estonian politician who served as the Minister of the Interior from 2018 to 2019 and has intermittently served as the Mayor of Narva for three separate periods since 2020. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party. She was a Member of Riigikogu The Riigikogu (, from Estonian ''riigi-'', "of the state", and ''kogu'', "assembly") is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the prime minister and chi ... from 2018 to 2019 and the rector of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences before she joined the government. References External links Living people 1967 births Politicians from Tartu Women government ministers of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 2019–2023 Women members of the Riigikogu Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Ministers of the interior of Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Estonia
The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German names, which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia, placenames were transliterated into Russian ( Cyrillic alphabet) in the Soviet central government's documents, which in turn led to the use of several incorrect back-transliterations from Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet into English (and other Latin alphabets) in some English-language maps and texts during the second half of the 20th century (for example, incorrect ''Pyarnu'', ''Vilyandi'', ''Pylva'', instead of the correct Pärnu, Viljandi, Põlva). Tallinn is the capital and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 46 other ''linn'', i.e. cities and towns in Estonia (as of 2022). The Estonian word ''linn'' means both 'city' and 'town'. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme Points Of Estonia
This is a list of the extreme points on land of Estonia: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Latitude and longitude * North: Vaindloo island, Vainupea village, Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County () ** Mainland: Cape Purekkari, Pärispea village, Kuusalu Parish, Harju County() **Urban settlement: Loksa Town, Harju County () * East: Narva Town, Ida-Viru County () * South: Karisöödi village, Rõuge Parish, Võru County () **Urban settlement: Misso small borough, Rõuge Parish, Võru County () * West: Nootamaa Island, Atla village, Lääne-Saare Parish, Saare County () **Inhabited island: Vilsandi island, Vilsandi village, Saaremaa Parish, Saare County () **Urban settlement: Kihelkonna small borough, Saaremaa Parish, Saare County () ** Mainland: Cape Ramsi, Einbi/ village, Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County () *** Urban settlement: Haapsalu Town, Haapsalu Town (urban municipality), Lääne County () Altitude * Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
