Kallaste
Kallaste | |
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Kallaste Location in Estonia | |
Coordinates: 58°39′55″N 27°9′44″E / 58.66528°N 27.16222°ECoordinates: 58°39′55″N 27°9′44″E / 58.66528°N 27.16222°E | |
Country | Estonia |
County | Tartu County |
Municipality | Peipsiääre Parish |
Area | |
• Total | 1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 714 |
• Rank | 47th |
• Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
Kallaste is a town in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located on the western shore of Lake Peipus. Most of the population are Russians, 15% being Estonians.
History[]
Kallaste was founded in the 18th century as a village of Russian Old Believers. It became a small borough (alevik) in 1921 and a town 1 May 1938.
Gallery[]
Bank in Kallaste
Orthodox church in Kallaste
Orthodox graveyard
Kallaste Bus station
Soviet World War II memorial
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kallaste. |
Categories:
- Peipsiääre Parish
- Former municipalities of Estonia
- Cities and towns in Estonia
- Populated places in Tartu County
- 18th-century establishments in Estonia
- Populated places established in the 18th century
- Old Believer communities
- Russians in Estonia
- Estonia geography stubs