Piirisar Island

The island covers an area of 7.8 square kilometers. From the island to Estonia about three kilometers to the Russian coast almost six kilometers. There are three villages on its territory. Tooni, Piyri and Saare occupy the third part of the island. The rest of the places are heavily swamped and overgrown with shrubs. Silting often happens in the areas of the marina. Locals have to manually cope with the problem, because this is the only way to contact the big land. Several times a week, the island is visited by an Estonian ferry, which transports passengers and delivers food.

As for the history of the island, it began to be inhabited in the XVIII century. The pioneers were Old Believers who fled the reforms of Patriarch Nikon. That's how they stayed here for centuries. Today, the Russian population mostly lives. They speak both their native and Estonian languages well. They are engaged in fishing and growing vegetables.