Räpina
Räpina (Rappin) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. The administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, and currently it is the administrative seat of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterprise in Räpina is a paper factory that opened in 1734.
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Key facts
• Name — Räpina • Settlement Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Estonia • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Põlva County • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Räpina Parish • Population Total — 2002 • Population As Of — 2026 • Population Rank — 36th
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Gallery
• Illustration — Räpina paper mill on Lake Räpina • Illustration — Räpina manor • Illustration — Räpina church on Lake Räpina • Illustration — Lake Räpina • Illustration — Räpina harbour on Lake Peipus • Illustration — Räpina School of Horticulture • Illustration — Monument to the Estonian War of Independence in Räpina
Notable people
Notable people
• Maximilian Theodor Buch (1850–1920), a Baltic German-born Finnish physician, ethnographer, court councillor and Finnish nationalist • Richard Ritsing (1903–1994), composer of A cappella choral music and a choral conductor. • Paul Haavaoks (1924–1983), poet and writer • Enno Ootsing (born 1940), artist and academic • Leonhard Lapin (born 1947), architect, artist, historian, poet and academic • Irja Lutsar (born 1954), microbiologist, virologist, politician, and member of the XV Riigikogu. • Margus Leivo (1954–2019), politician, member of X Riigikogu and Minister of the Interior, 2003 to 2005. • Meelis Mälberg (born 1970), politician, member of X, XII and XIII Riigikogu and the mayor of Räpina, 1998 to 2002. • Aapo Ilves (born 1970), poet, writer, artist and musician • Urmas Klaas (born 1971), historian, journalist and politician; Mayor of Tartu from 2014.
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