Esku
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Esku is a village in Põltsamaa Parish
, Jõgeva County
, Estonia
. It's located about 5 km (3 mi) west of the town of Põltsamaa
. Esku has a populstion of 384 (as of 2010).
Esku was built in the Soviet era as the centre of the V. I. Lenin Kolkhoz
(named after Vladimir Lenin
). It consisted of a big farm and apartment, service and administrative buildings.
Põltsamaa Parish
Põltsamaa is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Jõgeva County. It has a population of 2722 and an area of 416.9 km² .-Villages:...
, Jõgeva County
Jõgeva County
Jõgeva County , or Jõgevamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi County to the south-west, Järva County to the north-west and Lääne-Viru County to...
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It's located about 5 km (3 mi) west of the town of Põltsamaa
Põltsamaa
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. Esku has a populstion of 384 (as of 2010).
Esku was built in the Soviet era as the centre of the V. I. Lenin Kolkhoz
Kolkhoz
A kolkhoz , plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms . The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective farm", while sovkhoz is a contraction of советское хозяйство...
(named after Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
). It consisted of a big farm and apartment, service and administrative buildings.