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Paidra is a village in 
Võru Parish
Võru Parish (; ) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County
Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's ...
, Võru County
Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's Pskov Oblast (making it the only Estonian county to border two countries) ...
in southeastern 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 Ru ...
. It's located about northeast of the town of Võru
Võru (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish.
History
Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, at the request of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the o ...
, by the Võru–Räpina
Räpina (, ) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterprise in Räpina is a paper fac ...
road (nr 65). The Võhandu River
The Võhandu () is the longest river entirely in Estonia. It is long and drains . The river begins near the village of Saverna in Põlva County and empties into Lake Lämmi, a part of Lake Peipus.
In 1964, a protected area
Protected ar ...
passes through Paidra. There's also a lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
situated on the eastern side of the village. Paidra has an area of 5.8 km2 and a population of 42 (as of 31 May 2010).
August Sabbe
August Sabbe (1 September 1909 – 27 or 28 September 1978) was one of the last surviving Estonians, Estonian members of the Forest Brothers, a group of citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who resisted and fought against the Soviet Union, S ...
(1909–1978), who is considered the last surviving Estonian Forest Brother, was born and lived in Paidra by the Võhandu River
The Võhandu () is the longest river entirely in Estonia. It is long and drains . The river begins near the village of Saverna in Põlva County and empties into Lake Lämmi, a part of Lake Peipus.
In 1964, a protected area
Protected ar ...
. Later he also lived in a bunker there in Paidra, where he was ambushed and killed at the age of 69.
References
Võru Parish Villages in Võru County {{Võru-geo-stub