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Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, at the request of the EmpressCatherine II of Russia, by the order of Riga Governor general countGeorge Browne, on the site of the former Võru estate as the center of the new county.
From 1797 until today, Võru has been the administrative center of the surrounding region.
In 1827, the Võru Town Hospital was opened and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, who lived and worked as a doctor in Võru from 1833 to 1877, also wrote the Estoniannational epicKalevipoeg in Võru. The development of the town was facilitated by the Pskov-Riga railway completed in 1889, which enabled Võru to have a direct connection withRiga andSt. Petersburg. As a result, trade was developed, a flour mill, a sawmill and a distillery were built. Võru became the center of the surrounding rural area.[1]
Võru has ahumid continental climate (Dfb according to theKöppen climate classification) with warm summers and cold winters. Võru has one of the most continental climates in Estonia: both the temperatures of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), the highest temperature ever recorded in the country, and −43.4 °C (−46.1 °F), 0.1°C (0.2 °F) short of the coldest temperature ever recorded in the country (inJõgeva), were recorded here.[2] Precipitation is usually higher in early summer to late autumn, and lower in late winter to early spring.
Climate data for Võru (normals 1991–2020, extremes 1868–present)
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the author of the Estonian national epicKalevipoeg, lived in Võru from 1833 to 1877. The Kreutzwald Memorial Museum and theVõro Institute are also located in Võru.
^"Voru Climate Normals 1991–2020".World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved20 October 2024.
^"Ajalugu". MTÜ Võru Folkloorifestival. Retrieved3 August 2016.
^Ulc, Karol (January 17, 2017)."Russian Paratroopers Could Totally Mess Up the Baltic States". War is Boring. Archived fromthe original on January 18, 2017.To give one example, the garrison of the Estonian Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion located in Võru is just 50 miles away from the Russian base in Pskov. The range of 9M528 rockets fired from the BM-30 Smerch is 55 miles.
