Sesniki ( est. Sesniki ) is a village in the Setomaa parish of Võru County , Estonia . The local dialect is also Sesniga [2] . Refers to zero .
| Village | |
| Sesniki | |
|---|---|
| est. Sesniki | |
| A country |  Estonia |
| Volost | Setomaa |
| Area | Vorumaa |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 1652 year |
| Climate type | moderate |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | ▼ 18 people ( 2011 ) |
| Nationalities | Estonians - 100% |
| Official language | Estonian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 64023 [1] |
Prior to the administrative reform of the local governments of Estonia in 2017, the village was part of the Pärvamaa County Värska parish .
Number of inhabitants
According to the 2011 census , 18 people lived in the village, all of them Estonians [3] .
As of October 31, 2018, there were 16 inhabitants in the village [4] .
Description
The village is located 41 kilometers east of the county town of Võru and 8 kilometers southeast of the volost center of Värska . Height above sea level - 46 meters [5] .
Sesniki village consists of two parts: Alaots ( est. Alaots ) and Peryakopli ( est. Peräkopli ) [2] .
In the northeast, the village borders on Russia . In the southeast of the village runs the river Piusa . The Värska – Ulitina road runs in the eastern part of the village. On the road between the villages of Sesniki and Lutepya, there is a Saatsi boot .
The western and central part of the village belongs to the Mustoya Natural Park . Within the boundaries of this zone, in the northwestern corner of the village, is the Hill of the Slain ( Est. Tapetute mägi, Tapõdumägi ), where during the German occupation , in 1941, communists shot by the Nazis were buried [6] [7] .
History
In the written sources of 1652, Sheshnikovo was mentioned, ~ 1790 - Szhetnikova, 1855 - 1859 - Soshniki, 1882 - Sheshnikova, 1903 - Sesnika , Seshnikova, 1904 - Sestniki , Sheshnikovo, 1923 - Šesnikovo , 1937 - Sesniku , 1967 - Sesniki , 1975 - Sestniku [2] .
In the 19th century, the village belonged to the Gorodishche community and the parish of Värska [2] .
The origin of the toponym
The basis of the toponym is unknown, in the written sources the letters C and W alternate ( est. S, Š ). For the old Pskov dialects, such an alternation is characteristic, it is also considered characteristic of the Krivichi . According to the researcher of the Pechora dialects S. Gluskina , the toponym is a substrate that has been preserved through the mediation of the Baltic tribes. The described alternation of sounds in Setu place names is very common. Estonian ethnographer and linguist considered the old Russian word “sheshok” ( ferret ) borrowed by the Balts (according to Trusmann, in Latvian it is “sess” ( Latvian. Sesks ), in Lithuanian - “sheshk” ( lit.) šeškas ). [2]
Gallery
"Mountain of the slain" in the village of Sesniki
In the Mustoya Natural Park
Notes
- ↑ postiindeks.ee
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Sesniki . Dictionary of Estonian place names . Eesti Keele Instituut.
- ↑ Statistics Estonia. NUMBER AND SHARE OF ESTONIANS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE (SETTLEMENT), 31 DECEMBER 2011 .
- ↑ Külad . Setomaa vald .
- ↑ Sesniki, Estonia . GeoNames .
- ↑ Epp Laugaste. Mustoja kaitsealal võib olla ühishaud . Postimees (2.12.1998).
- ↑ Mustoja maastikukaitseala militaarne minevik . Eesti Loodus .