Kārsava

Kārsava

Kārsava

Town in Latvia

For the German village Karsau, see Rheinfelden, Germany.

Kārsava (pronunciationⓘ; German: Karsau, Russian: Корсовка, Korsovka, Yiddish: קאָרסאָװקע, Korsovke) is a town in Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia, near the border of Russia.

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The ancient Baltic tribe Latgalians inhabited the territory of Kārsava since the 8th century. There are several hillforts near town.

In 1763 a Catholic church was built in Kārsava. The town was located near the Rēzekne-Ostrov postal road and it saw rapid development when the St. Petersburg-Vilnius railway line was constructed nearby and the town became a trading centre.

In 1935, on the eve of World War II, the population of Kārsava was 2,181, 37% of whom were Jewish.[3] The vast majority of them were murdered during the Holocaust.

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References

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    "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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    "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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    "1935. gada tautskaites datu pielāgojums rajonu un mūsdienu pagastu iedalījumam. - Latvijas Zinatnu Akademijas Vestis (Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences), 68(3-4): 61-84".


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