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Mahtra Peasant Museum
The Mahtra Peasant Museum () is located in Rapla Parish in Rapla County, Estonia. It is a national institution of the Estonian Ministry of Culture and a national museum. In its charter, the main objectives of the museum are as follows: "to collect, study, and preserve information and objects of cultural value relating to the history and culture of Rapla County, and to make it available to the public for the purposes of research, education, and general interest." The museum has its origins in an exhibition on the 90th anniversary of the Mahtra War The Mahtra War () was a peasant insurgency at Mahtra Manor (now in Rapla County, from Tallinn) in Estonia in the Russian Empire from May to July 1858. The revolt was suppressed. Fourteen peasants were wounded and seven killed in the conflict, a ... that was held in Juuru Middle School (). In 1958, on the centennial of the Mahtra War, a museum room was opened in the Juuru Cultural Center. The museum was founded in 1967 and was offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juuru
Juuru () is a small borough () in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. From 1991 until 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian local governments), Juuru was the administrative center of Juuru Parish. The school in Juuru is named after the writer Eduard Vilde. The school was a high school until 2014. The Atla-Eeru Inn, which played a role in the Mahtra War of 1858, is located in Juuru. Notable people *Sirje Endre Sirje Endre (born 22 February 1945 in Juuru) is an Estonian journalist, politician and entrepreneur. She was a member of IX Riigikogu. She has been a member of Pro Patria Union. She is a member of Isamaa and Res Publica Union. In the years 1968 ... (born 1945), journalist and former politician, born in Juuru Gallery File:Juuru kirikaia kabel 1.jpg , Chapel in Juuru churchyard File:Juuru kirikuaia piirdemüür värava ja päikesekellaga2.jpg , A gate with a sundial on the churchyard wall File:Juuru mõisa peahoone.jpg , Main building of Juuru Manor Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapla Parish
Rapla Parish () is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It has a population of 13,193 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of 859 km2. Settlements ;Town: Rapla ;Small boroughs: Alu - Hagudi - Kaiu - Kuusiku ;Villages: Äherdi - Alu-Metsküla - Aranküla - Atla - Hagudi - Helda - Hõreda - Iira - Jalase - Jaluse - Järlepa - Juula - Juuru - Kabala - Kaigepere - Kalda - Kalevi - Karitsa - Kasvandu - Kelba - Keo - Kodila - Kodila-Metsküla - Koigi - Koikse - Kõrgu - Kuimetsa - Kuku - Kuusiku-Nõmme - Lipa - Lipametsa - Lipstu - Loe - Lõiuse - Lõpemetsa - Mahlamäe - Mahtra - Maidla - Mällu - Metsküla - Mõisaaseme - Nõmme - Nõmmemetsa - Nõmmküla - Oblu - Oela - Ohulepa - Oola - Orguse - Palamulla - Pirgu - Põlliku - Põlma - Purila - Purku - Raela - Raikküla - Raka - Ridaküla - Röa - Sadala - Seli - Seli-Nurme - Sikeldi - Sulupere - Suurekivi - Tamsi - Tapupere - Tolla - Toomja - Tõ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapla County
Rapla County ( or ''Raplamaa'') is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in the north-western part of the country and borders Järva County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, Lääne County to the west, and Harju County to the north. In 2022 Rapla County had a population of 33,529 – constituting 2.5% of the total population of Estonia. History The first written records of Rapla date back to the 1241 Danish census (''Liber Census Daniae''). County government Until 2017 the County Government (Estonian: ''maavalitsus'') was led by a governor (Estonian: ''maavanem''), who was appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2015, the Governor position was held by Tõnis Blank. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 4 rural municipalities (Estonian: ''vallad'' – parishes) in Rapla County: Religion The congregations of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in the county are Hageri St. Lam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Museum
A folk museum is a museum that deals with folk culture and heritage. Such museums cover local life in rural communities. A folk museum typically displays historical objects that were used as part of the people's everyday lives. Examples of such objects include clothes and tools. Many folk museums are also open-air museums and some cover rural history. History The concept of open-air museums originated in Scandinavia in the late 19th century. The Swedish folklorist Artur Hazelius founded what was to become the Nordic Museum in 1873 to house an ethnographic collection of peasant furniture, clothes, tools, toys and other objects. He later set up the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm in 1891, where he erected about 150 houses and farmsteads from all over Sweden, transporting them piece by piece and rebuilding them to provide a unique picture of traditional Sweden. Skansen became a model for other open-air establishments in Northern Europe. Examples The National Folk Museum of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture (Estonia)
The Ministry of Culture of Estonia () is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Estonia in charge of conducting and organising the country's cultural affairs and policies. Structure of the ministry The ministry is headed by the minister who interacts with undersecretaries on Fine Arts, Cultural Heritage, International Relations and Cultural Diversity, and Sports. The ministry is responsible for creating favorable legislative and financial conditions for promotion and development of Estonian culture, its heritage, and sports. The areas the Ministry of Culture is responsible for are: * Literature and publishing * Theatre * Music * Fine arts * Cinema * Folk art * Museums * Libraries * Cultural heritage * Creative industries * Broadcasting and audiovisual policy * Copyright and neighboring rights * Cultural diversity and integration * Sports List of ministers of culture See also * Cabinet of Estonia * Culture of Estonia References External links Ministry of Culture of Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahtra War
The Mahtra War () was a peasant insurgency at Mahtra Manor (now in Rapla County, from Tallinn) in Estonia in the Russian Empire from May to July 1858. The revolt was suppressed. Fourteen peasants were wounded and seven killed in the conflict, and three later died from their wounds. The military casualties included 13 soldiers wounded and one officer killed. Sixty of 65 peasants were sentenced to death by a court martial in Tallinn. Baltic governor-general Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov later reduced the sentences of 44 peasants to corporal punishment, 35 of whom were sentenced to exile in Siberia, while the remaining 21 defendants were released. Historical context In the Governorate of Estonia, serfdom was abolished in 1816 (in comparison, in the whole Russian Empire it was abolished in 1861); however, the land was not redistributed among the peasants and ''corvée'' labor was preserved (until 1876). The March 19, 1856 manifesto of Tsar Alexander II spoke about further agrarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Estonia
This is a list of museums (including art museums or art galleries) in Estonia. See also *List of museums References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Museums in Estonia Estonia education-related lists, Museums Museums in Estonia, List Lists of museums by country, Estonia Lists of buildings and structures in Estonia, Museums Lists of tourist attractions in Estonia, Museums Lists of museums in Europe, Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
