Beresje
Sign in to savethumb|Beresje Orthodox graveyard Beresje is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Beresje
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Võru County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Setomaa Parish
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
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thumb|Beresje Orthodox graveyard Beresje is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
The village of Beresje represents a typical fishermen village, where all the houses are built in rows parallel to the shore of the Lake Pihkva. The village was first mentioned in 1582 and it belonged to Poloda area. The main activity was fishing (mainly sparling) and fish processing. The name is believed to be derived from the Russian word berjoza ('birch').