Vastseliina
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Vastseliina is a small borough
() in Vastseliina Parish
, Võru County
in southeastern Estonia
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Vastseliina is the birthplace of wrestler and 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eduard Pütsep
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Populated places in Estonia
Populated places in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration...
() in Vastseliina Parish
Vastseliina Parish
Vastseliina Parish is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 2,165 and an area of 222.8 km².-Settlements:Small boroughVastseliinaVillages...
, Võru County
Võru County
Võrumaa or Võru maakond officially, is a county in Southern Estonia. It is bordered to the north by the Põlva County and the Lake Pihkva; to the west by Valga County; to the south by Latvia; and to the east by the Russian Federation....
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...
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Vastseliina is the birthplace of wrestler and 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eduard Pütsep
Eduard Pütsep
Eduard Pütsep was an Estonian wrestler who won a Gold Medal in the Bantamweight division in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France after defeating Sweden's Sigfrid Hansson in the Sixth Round....
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