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Estonian Literature Tour
1. Tartu Old Believers Prayer House of the Estonian Association of Old Believers Congregations → 2. Palamuse O. Luts’s Parish School Museum → 3. Mustvee Old Believer’s Museum
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Visit the theme park of the Estonians loved book “Kevade” (“Spring” is the first book in the series of Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter books which follow the life of people in typical Estonian village, from their childhood in the early 20th century to their adulthood). You can see an authentic schoolhouse, churchyard and pharmacy from the beginning of the 20th century. Then drive along the edge of Lake Peipsi and pay a visit to the “Old Believers” as well: their long, one-street only villages, wooden Russian Orthodox churches and beautifully bohemian cemeteries will surprise you.
Sites along route
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Tartu Old Believers Prayer House of the Estonian Association of Old Believers Congregations
Tartu Old Believers Prayer House is a small and cosy house of God in the hall under the tower of the large and impressive prayer house destroyed by bombing during the war. This is the only part of…
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Palamuse O. Luts’s Parish School Museum
Palamuse parish school building and the living quarters for the parish clerk Georg Nieländer were completed in 1837 and the school was open there until 1975. A museum has been open there from 5…
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Mustvee Old Believer’s Museum
The exhibits give an overview of the culture of Old Believers both in the past and in the present. The collection includes samovars, irons, clothes worn by the Old Believers, commodities, furniture…
