Piusa
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Piusa is a village in Orava Parish, Põlva County
, in southeastern Estonia
. It's located on the left bank of Piusa River
, near the border of Russia
.
Piusa is famous for its sand caves along the river.
Sand quarries for glass production
are active in Piusa since 1922.
Piusa has a station on currently inactive Valga–Pechory
railway.
On 4 May 2011 a shooting incident between police officers and and local landowner took place on the territory of Piusa village, close to Võmmorski
. As a result the landowner and a police officer died and two were wounded.
Põlva County
Põlva County , or Põlvamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. The county also shares a common border with Russia...
, in southeastern 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 on the left bank of Piusa River
Piusa River
Piusa is a river in Southeastern Estonia and, for the last 14 km before draining into Lake Pihkva, in Pskov Oblast, Russia. For a 17-km-long section near Pechory Piusa is the border river between Estonia and the Russian Federation....
, near the border of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Piusa is famous for its sand caves along the river.
Sand quarries for glass production
Glass production
Glass production involves two main methods - the float glass process, which produces sheet glass, and glassblowing which produces bottles and other containers.-Glass container factories:...
are active in Piusa since 1922.
Piusa has a station on currently inactive Valga–Pechory
Pechory
Pechory : Petseri; ) is a town and the administrative center of Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. Population: The population includes a few hundred ethnic Estonians.The town is famous for the Russian Orthodox Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery....
railway.
On 4 May 2011 a shooting incident between police officers and and local landowner took place on the territory of Piusa village, close to Võmmorski
Võmmorski
Võmmorski is a village in Meremäe Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia, on the border with Russia. The Piusa River borders the village in the north, Russian border in the east...
. As a result the landowner and a police officer died and two were wounded.