Subject: Russian pene-enclave of Dubki in Estonia
Date: May 26, 2005 @ 02:28
Author: Brendan Whyte (Brendan Whyte <bwhyte@...>)
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As I feared, Babelfish had confused the translation by duplicating partial
sentences and not translating other partial sentences. A careful effort has
resulted in the following three paragraphs concerning the pene-enclave.
These confirm the same boundary as currently shown on Estonian 1:20,000 map
titled 'Rosna', sheet number 55.31, dated 1997.
This map indicates individually number boundary pillars, or at least
turning points, which are not described in the treaty. The treaty is fairly
vague is its descriptions as to distance, direction etc [it is not a
surveyors description, but indicates general alignment, which the surveyors
will then follow, and allows them a little leeway in the placement of
pillars or the making of exact delimitations].
The treaty description does, however, confirm that the pene-enclave will
survive, with the same boundary, or at least one effectively the same, as
shown on current Estonian and Russian maps.
Note that Dubki translates into English as 'oaklings', that is, young oak
trees. The Estonian name is Tupka.
The 'nameless island' is named on the Estonian map as Plaava.
The 'nameless stream' is named on the Estonian map as 'Reetska'.

Boundary of pene enclave as per recent Russo-Estonian boundary treaty
(edited Babelfish translation from the Russian)


"Then boundary goes 5.8 km on the middle of Kuleyskaya River in the general
northwestern direction, leaving a nameless island on the Russian side,
intersects the bridge across the river on its middle [bridge from Podmotsa
in Estonia to Kulje in Russia - editor] and, going around the outline of
the peninsula in Lake Pikhkva (Pskov) a distance of 250m from the Estonian
shore, it leaves the lake for the point on the shore of lake, located in
0.8 km to northwest of the Estonian village of Podmotsa and 0.8 km to the
northeast of the Russian village Dubki [=oaklings!!].

From the point indicated the boundary goes 0.3 km southwards along the
swamp, then 0.5 km upstream of a nameless stream in a south-south-eastern
direction, leaving the village of Podmotsa on the Estonian side, and
village of Dubki on the Russian side, and then a further 0.6 km in the
western-south-western direction on the swamp with the insignificant
fracture [??] to the south to the rural road between the Estonian village
of Kremessova and the Russian village of Dubki.

From the rural road the boundary goes 0.5 km southwards along the swamp
and the meadow, then 0.5 km eastwards, and a further 0.4 km in
south-south-west and 0.9 km in northwest directions along the swamp and
ploughed land to the coast of Lake Pikhkva (Pskov), intersecting the rural
road between Kremessova and Dubki and leaving the farmsteads of the village
of Kremessova on the Estonian side."


Brendan Whyte