# Mustvee

Mustvee is a town in Estonia. It lies on the west coast of Lake Peipus, and is administratively part of the Mustvee Parish in Jõgeva County. Ethnic Estonians and Russians both make up around half of its current population of approximately 1,600.
The name of Mustvee was first recorded in 1343, at the time when the region was part of the State of the Teutonic Order. The beginning of continuous ethnic Russian settlement in what is now Estonia dates back to the late 17th century when several thousand Eastern Orthodox Old Believers, escaping religious persecution in Russia (after the Tsardom of Muscovy had declared them outlaws in 1658) settled in Mustvee and other safe haven areas then ruled by Kingdom of Sweden on the west coast of Lake Peipus.
Mustvee has held fairs for the past two centuries. Due to its position at the broadest part of the lake, this traditional fishing town is increasingly popular as a tourist centre. The new Harbour of Mustvee was opened on 18 December 2014.

## Demographics

Ethnic Composition 1922-2021 :
| Ethnicity | 1922 | 1922 | 1934 | 1934 | 1941 | 1941 | 1959 | 1959 | 1970 | 1970 | 1979 | 1979 | 1989 | 1989 | 2000 | 2000 | 2011 | 2011 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Ethnicity | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % |
| Estonians | 803 | 29.3 | 1006 | 35.4 | 670 | 35.4 | 1012 | 43.5 | 968 | 43.5 | 921 | 44.1 | 862 | 43.2 | 714 | 40.7 | 563 | 41.5 | 504 | 43.5 |
| Russians | 1937 | 70.6 | 1784 | 62.8 | 1197 | 63.2 | - | - | 1207 | 54.2 | 1123 | 53.8 | 1082 | 54.3 | 1000 | 57.0 | - | - | 617 | 53.2 |
| Ukrainians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0.63 | 11 | 0.53 | 18 | 0.90 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0.69 |
| Belarusians | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0.54 | 7 | 0.34 | 12 | 0.60 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0.52 |
| Finns | - | - | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 10 | 0.45 | 10 | 0.48 | 8 | 0.40 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0.43 |
| Jews | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.21 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Latvians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.10 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Germans | 1 | 0.04 | 20 | 0.70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0.38 | 4 | 0.20 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.26 |
| Tatars | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Poles | - | - | 6 | 0.21 | 6 | 0.32 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanians | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| unknown | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.07 | 5 | 0.26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| other | 4 | 0.15 | 14 | 0.49 | 13 | 0.69 | 1313 | 56.5 | 13 | 0.58 | 4 | 0.19 | 5 | 0.25 | 39 | 2.22 | 794 | 58.5 | 14 | 1.21 |
| Total | 2745 | 100 | 2841 | 100 | 1893 | 100 | 2325 | 100 | 2227 | 100 | 2087 | 100 | 1994 | 100 | 1753 | 100 | 1358 | 100 | 1159 | 99.8 |

## Climate

Climate data for Mustvee (located at Tiirikoja meteorological station) normals 1991–2020, extremes 1922–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 33.8 (92.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.1 (32.2) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 5.9 (42.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 5.8 (42.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) | −8.4 (16.9) | −5.2 (22.6) | −0.1 (31.8) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.4 (45.3) | 2.8 (37.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | −4.4 (24.1) | 1.8 (35.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.7 (−35.9) | −38.1 (−36.6) | −31.9 (−25.4) | −23 (−9) | −7.1 (19.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | −0.5 (31.1) | −4.9 (23.2) | −14 (7) | −24.4 (−11.9) | −39.6 (−39.3) | −39.6 (−39.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 43 (1.7) | 37 (1.5) | 32 (1.3) | 33 (1.3) | 48 (1.9) | 78 (3.1) | 68 (2.7) | 78 (3.1) | 52 (2.0) | 62 (2.4) | 54 (2.1) | 48 (1.9) | 633 (24.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.1 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 121.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89 | 87 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 32.8 | 62.7 | 139.6 | 191.3 | 266.3 | 253.0 | 276.0 | 232.6 | 152.0 | 78.7 | 30.3 | 21.1 | 1,735.4 |
| Source: Estonian Weather Service ||||||||||||||

## List of mayors of Mustvee

| * | Office | Name | Notes |
| 1 | 1938–1939 | Valter Kulli | Mayor, first mayor of Mustvee |
| 2 | 1939–1940 | Mihkel Koppel | Mayor |
| 3 | 1940–1941 | Nikifor Semjonov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 4 | 1941 | Nazar Lizarov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 5 | 1941–1944 | Mihkel Ots | Mayor |
| 6 | 1944–1945 | Sergei Kaimov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 7 | 1945–1947 | Nikolai Kussov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 8 | 1947–1948 | Vassili Tchernyshev | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 27 | 1948–1950 | Hariton Bezzubov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 28 | 1950–1952 | Tihon Klimov | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 29 | 1952–1957 | Luka Uleksin | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 30 | 1957–1959 | Ivan Storosko | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 31 | 1959–1982 | Elmar Peterson | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 31 | 1982–1984 | Vello Mäesepp | Chairman of Executive Committee |
| 31 | 1984–1996 | Andres Rebane | Chairman of Executive Committee; Mayor |
| 34 | 1996–1997 | Aare Uleksin | Mayor |
| 34 | 1997–2002 | Pavel Kostromin | Mayor |
| 35 | 2002–2007 | Gennadi Kulkov | Mayor |
| 36 | 2007–2009 | Mati Kepp | Mayor |
| 37 | 2009 | Lembit Kivimurd | Mayor |
| 38 | 2009–2010 | Mati Kepp | Mayor |
| 39 | 2010–2011 | Urmas Laur | Mayor |
| 40 | 2012–2013 | Pavel Kostromin | Mayor |
| 43 | 2013–2017 | Max Kaur | Mayor, last mayor of Mustvee |

## Gallery

* Mustvee house of culture
* Mustvee town hall
* Mustvee, Peipsi rand
* Harbor at Mustvee, on the coast of Lake Peipus.
* Mustvee church
* Bridge over port on the shore of Lake Peipus
* Mustvee bus station
* The Holy Trinity Unitarian Church in Mustvee