Mustvee | |
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 Aerial view of Mustvee | |
  Mustvee Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates:58°50′56″N26°56′37″E / 58.84889°N 26.94361°E /58.84889; 26.94361 | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Jõgeva County |
| Municipality | Mustvee Parish |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,153 |
| • Rank | 41st |
| • Density | 212/km2 (548/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mustvee is a town inEstonia. It lies on the west coast ofLake Peipus, and is administratively part of theMustvee Parish inJõgeva County. EthnicEstonians andRussians both make up around half of its current population of approximately 1,600.
Mustvee was attested in historical sources asMustut in 1493; asfolwark Mostfersth alias Czarny,Mosthffer, andwioska Musth alias Czarne in 1599; and asMustvett in 1601, among other variations. The name literally means 'black water', frommust 'black' +vee (genitive ofvesi 'water'). It is believed that *Mustvesi 'black water' was probably a parallel name for Lake Peipus. Another possibility is that 'black water' referred to a river rather than the lake. In Estonian toponyms, the final elementvesi 'water' is infrequent, but it is found in the names of some Finnish lakes, such asEnonvesi andToisvesi.[2]
The beginning of continuous ethnic Russian settlement in what is now Estonia dates back to the late 17th century when several thousandEastern OrthodoxOld Believers, escaping religious persecution in Russia (after theTsardom of Muscovy had declared them outlaws in 1658) settled in Mustvee and other safe haven areas then ruled byKingdom of Sweden on the west coast of Lake Peipus.
Mustvee has held fairs for the past two centuries. Due to its position at the broadest part of the lake, this traditional fishing town is increasingly popular as a tourist centre. The newHarbour of Mustvee [et] was opened on 18 December 2014.
| Ethnicity | 1922[3] | 1934[4] | 1941[5] | 1959[6] | 1970[7] | 1979[8] | 1989[8] | 2000[9] | 2011[10] | 2021[11] | ||||||||||
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| amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | |
| Estonians | 803 | 29.3 | 1006 | 35.4 | 670 | 35.4 | 1012 | 43.5 | 968 | 43.5 | 921 | 44.1 | 862 | 43.2 | 714 | 40.7 | 563 | 41.5 | 504 | 43.5 |
| Russians | 1937 | 70.6 | 1784 | 62.8 | 1197 | 63.2 | - | - | 1207 | 54.2 | 1123 | 53.8 | 1082 | 54.3 | 1000 | 57.0 | - | - | 617 | 53.2 |
| Ukrainians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0.63 | 11 | 0.53 | 18 | 0.90 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0.69 |
| Belarusians | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0.54 | 7 | 0.34 | 12 | 0.60 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0.52 |
| Finns | - | - | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 10 | 0.45 | 10 | 0.48 | 8 | 0.40 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0.43 |
| Jews | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.21 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Latvians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.10 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Germans | 1 | 0.04 | 20 | 0.70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0.38 | 4 | 0.20 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.26 |
| Tatars | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Poles | - | - | 6 | 0.21 | 6 | 0.32 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanians | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| unknown | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.07 | 5 | 0.26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| other | 4 | 0.15 | 14 | 0.49 | 13 | 0.69 | 1313 | 56.5 | 13 | 0.58 | 4 | 0.19 | 5 | 0.25 | 39 | 2.22 | 794 | 58.5 | 14 | 1.21 |
| Total | 2745 | 100 | 2841 | 100 | 1893 | 100 | 2325 | 100 | 2227 | 100 | 2087 | 100 | 1994 | 100 | 1753 | 100 | 1358 | 100 | 1159 | 99.8 |
| Climate data for Mustvee (located at Tiirikoja meteorological station) normals 1991–2020, extremes 1922–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 33.8 (92.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.1 (32.2) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 5.9 (42.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 5.8 (42.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) | −8.4 (16.9) | −5.2 (22.6) | −0.1 (31.8) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.4 (45.3) | 2.8 (37.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | −4.4 (24.1) | 1.8 (35.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.7 (−35.9) | −38.1 (−36.6) | −31.9 (−25.4) | −23 (−9) | −7.1 (19.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | −0.5 (31.1) | −4.9 (23.2) | −14 (7) | −24.4 (−11.9) | −39.6 (−39.3) | −39.6 (−39.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 43 (1.7) | 37 (1.5) | 32 (1.3) | 33 (1.3) | 48 (1.9) | 78 (3.1) | 68 (2.7) | 78 (3.1) | 52 (2.0) | 62 (2.4) | 54 (2.1) | 48 (1.9) | 633 (24.9) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.1 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 121.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 89 | 87 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 32.8 | 62.7 | 139.6 | 191.3 | 266.3 | 253.0 | 276.0 | 232.6 | 152.0 | 78.7 | 30.3 | 21.1 | 1,735.4 |
| Source:Estonian Weather Service[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] | |||||||||||||
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| * | Office | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1938–1939 | Valter Kulli | Mayor, first mayor of Mustvee |
| 2 | 1939–1940 | Mihkel Koppel | Mayor |
| 3 | 1940–1941 | Nikifor Semjonov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 4 | 1941 | Nazar Lizarov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 5 | 1941–1944 | Mihkel Ots | Mayor |
| 6 | 1944–1945 | Sergei Kaimov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 7 | 1945–1947 | Nikolai Kussov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 8 | 1947–1948 | Vassili Tchernyshev | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 27 | 1948–1950 | Hariton Bezzubov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 28 | 1950–1952 | Tihon Klimov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 29 | 1952–1957 | Luka Uleksin | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 30 | 1957–1959 | Ivan Storosko | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 31 | 1959–1982 | Elmar Peterson | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 31 | 1982–1984 | Vello Mäesepp | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 31 | 1984–1996 | Andres Rebane | Chairman of Executive Committee;Mayor |
| 34 | 1996–1997 | Aare Uleksin | Mayor |
| 34 | 1997–2002 | Pavel Kostromin | Mayor |
| 35 | 2002–2007 | Gennadi Kulkov | Mayor |
| 36 | 2007–2009 | Mati Kepp | Mayor |
| 37 | 2009 | Lembit Kivimurd | Mayor |
| 38 | 2009–2010 | Mati Kepp | Mayor |
| 39 | 2010–2011 | Urmas Laur | Mayor |
| 40 | 2012–2013 | Pavel Kostromin | Mayor |
| 43 | 2013–2017 | Max Kaur | Mayor, last mayor of Mustvee |
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