Samarina, Estonia

Coordinates: 57°53′12″N 27°48′5″E / 57.88667°N 27.80139°E / 57.88667; 27.80139
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Samarina
Village
Saatse Seto Museum
Saatse Seto Museum
Samarina is located in Estonia
Samarina
Samarina
Coordinates: 57°53′12″N 27°48′5″E / 57.88667°N 27.80139°E / 57.88667; 27.80139
Country Estonia
CountyVõru County
ParishSetomaa Parish
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Samarina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.[1]

Samarina and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Sesniki and Ulitina) are notable as part of Estonia that although not an enclave, before 2008, it wasn't reachable by road without passing through Russian territory for several hundred metres, through an area known as the Saatse Boot. In 2008 a new MatsuriSesniki road was opened, making it possible to reach the area without necessarily passing through the Saatse Boot. This is however a 15–20 km detour if going from Värska.

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