Magari is a village in

Kanepi Parish Kanepi Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and an area of . The administrative centre is Kanepi. It was created in 2017 with the merger of Valgjärve, Kõlleste, ...

Põlva County Põlva County ( or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 23,989 people live in Põlva County – constituting 1.8% of the total popula ...

in southeastern

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. It's located about 4.5 km southeast of

Kanepi Kanepi () is a small borough (') in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County, in southeastern Estonia. Notable people Notable people that were born in Kanepi include the following: *Salme Kann (1881–1953), Estonian music teacher and choir director, bor ...

, the administrative centre of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, neighbouring the

Erastvere Erastvere (, ) is a village in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It is located just southeast of Kanepi, the centre of the municipality, and is passed by the Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa road ( E2 ...

Põlgaste Põlgaste (, ) is a village in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County in southeastern 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 we ...

, Soodoma and Lauri villages. As of the 2011 census, the village's population was 57. On , during the

Great Northern War In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...

, the Battle of Erastfer took place in Magari. The Russian troops with 18,800 men took the victory over the Swedish 2,470 men. It was the first significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War. The

Ahja River The Ahja () is a river in Estonia. The river is long. The river begins at Lake Erastvere and empties into the Emajõgi River. The river's middle course is protected by the Ahja River Valley Landscape Conservation Area. Gallery Ahja jõgi, L� ...

passes Magari on its northern border with the village of Lauri.

References

Villages in Põlva County {{Põlva-geo-stub