Miikse
Encyclopedia
Miikse is a village in Meremäe Parish
, Võru County
, southeastern Estonia
. It has a population of 52 (as of 1 January 2009).
Meeksi Saint John the Baptist church was built in 1953. In that time Estonia was under Joseph Stalin
's rule. The local people finished the work by building at nights.
Meremäe Parish
Meremäe Parish is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 1,140 and an area of 131.97 km².Meremäe is a part of the historical region of Setomaa.-Settlements:Villages...
, 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....
, 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...
. It has a population of 52 (as of 1 January 2009).
Meeksi Saint John the Baptist church was built in 1953. In that time Estonia was under Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
's rule. The local people finished the work by building at nights.