Vapramäe-Vellavere-Vitipalu hiking trails

Elva is a small town with a population of about 6,200 people who fondly call their town Pine Town because of the pines which are more than a hundred years old.

 Old Believers in Estonia

Lake Peipsi

The first Old Believers came from Russia to southern Estonia (Livland) in the late 17th century. In the 18th century, building of Old Believer wooden worship houses started.

By the early 19th century, the worship houses emerged in the cities Reval (Tallinn) and Dorpat (Tartu) as well as Kasapel (Kasepää), Krasnye Gory (Kallaste), Chernoye (Mustvee), Voronye (Varnja), Mezhi (Piirissaare) and Kolki (Kolkja).