Petseri County

Coordinates: 57°49′N 27°36′E / 57.817°N 27.600°E / 57.817; 27.600
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Petseri County
Petserimaa
County of Estonia
1920–1944
Flag of Petseri
Flag
Coat of arms of Petseri
Coat of arms
Capital
Petseri
History 
• Established
1920
• Disestablished
1944

Petseri County (

Russian SFSR and then, from 1991, by Russia.[1] Estonia retains territories that today constitute Setomaa Parish in modern Võru County
.

History

The territorial composition of the whole historic province of Petseri County (Petserimaa) is regarded as the homeland of the

Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, was founded in the area.[4]

During the last year of

Treaty of Tartu of 1920 subsequently assigned Pechory and its surrounding territory, the Setomaa
region, to Estonia. Pechory was renamed Petseri and the area became Petseri County. Saint Peter's Lutheran Church was built in 1926 at Petseri.

During

Russian SFSR
in 1944.

After Estonia regained independence from the Soviet Union in August 1991, Estonia raised the question of a return to the borders under the

Treaty of Tartu: Estonia dropped this claim in November 1995, however.[5] Estonia and Russia signed the Estonian–Russian Border Treaty on May 18, 2005: the preamble noted that the international border had partly changed, in accordance with Article 122 of the Estonian Constitution.[6]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ See Territorial changes in the Baltic states during and after World War II.
  2. ISBN 3-8258-7569-5
    ; p. 268
  3. ^ The Slavonic and East European Review - Page 516
  4. ISBN 0-7146-5428-0
    ; p. 263
  5. ISBN 1-85743-063-8
  6. ^ "Estonian Parliament ratifies Estonian-Russian border treaties". Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2008-07-24.

57°49′N 27°36′E / 57.817°N 27.600°E / 57.817; 27.600

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