- Petseri County
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = _et. "Petserimaa"
conventional_long_name = Petseri County
common_name = Petseri
subdivision = County
nation =Estonia
year_start = 1920
event_start = Estonian War of Independence
year_end = 1944
event_end = World War II
p1 = Pskov Oblast, Russian SFSR
flag_p1 = Flag_RSFSR_1918.svg
s1 = Pskov Oblast, Russian SFSR
flag_s1 = Flag_RSFSR_1918.svg
image_map_caption =
capital = Petseri
political_subdiv=Petseri County ( _et. Petserimaa) was a former county of
Estonia established in 1920. Since 1944, however, most of the county has been administered as part ofPskov Oblast , first by theRussian SFSR and then, from 1991, byRussia . [See Territorial changes in the Baltic states during and after World War II.]History
The whole historic province of Petseri County ("Petserimaa") is regarded as their homeland by
Setos [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=MS25xxY2LKQC&pg=PA268&vq=seto&dq=Pechory+petseri+seto&lr=&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U3cytJdEwYDDXKEv-xYtFQEHHt4Gw | Culture and Power at the Edges of the State By Thomas M. Wilson, Hastings Donnan; ISBN:3825875695; p. 268] ] , aFinnic people related toEstonians . The Russians inhabitants of Petseri district were mainlyOld Believers who spoke a transitional dialect between Russian andBelarusian language . [ [http://books.google.com/books?spell=1&q=%22The+Russians+of+Petseri%22&btnG=Search+Books |The Slavonic and East European Review - Page 516] ] In the mid-15th century one of the most important Russian Orthodox-, thePskovo-Pechersky Monastery was founded in the area. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=wnO5AMBP01oC&pg=PT287&dq=Russians+pechory&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0u-yLs5SDS6-voq01A9vMQ3PweRg | Post-Cold War Identity Politics: Northern and Baltic Experiences; ISBN:0714654280; p. 263] ]During the last year of
World War I , from February to December 1918, the county's capital,Pechory , was occupied by German forces. The town was then captured by Estonian forces onMarch 29 ,1919 as part of theEstonian War of Independence . The Treaty of Tartu subsequently assigned Pechory and its surrounding territory, theSetomaa region, to Estonia. Pechory was renamed Petseri and the area became Petseri County.During
World War II , Petseri County was occupied by the German army between August 1941 andAugust 11 ,1944 , then by Soviet forces during their advance towardNazi Germany . Soviet authorities reannexed Petseri county toRussian SFSR in 1944. In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union Estonia raised the question for a return to the borders according to the Treaty of Tartu. Estonia dropped the claim in November 1995. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=dt2TXexiKTgC&pg=PT455&dq=%22Petseri+County%22&sig=ACfU3U2Md8I0JrpQE1wzxyESv-BsbixbnA| A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe, p. 443, ISBN:1857430638] ]
Estonia has signed and ratified The Estonian-Russian Border Treaty from 18 May 2005. The preamble notes that the treaty on the state border partly changes in agreement with Article 122 of the Estonian Constitution. [ [http://www.estemb.se/estonian_review/aid-427 Estonian Parliament ratifies Estonian-Russian border treaties ] ]Notes and references
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