The Church of the Epiphany in Jõhvi was completed in 1895 as part of the plan of Estonian governor Shakhovskoy to make Jõhvi the centre of the Russian Orthodox faith in the north-east of the country. The nearby Pühtitsa convent of the Dormition of the Mother of God, known to locals as the Kuremäe convent, was […]
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Jõhvi Concert Hall opened its doors to the public in 2005. It has two concert halls – a larger one seating 926 and a chamber hall seating 170 – and four seminar rooms of different sizes which are fitted with state-of-the-art equipment and sure to meet the needs of even the most demanding and exclusive […]
Enefit Solutions (former names: Eesti Energia Tehnoloogiatööstus and Energoremont) is an engineering company in Jõhvi, Estonia. It is a subsidiary of Eesti Energia. The company designs and manufactures equipment in the fields of energy and industry and offers erection and maintenance services as well as comprehensive technological solutions. The company was created in 1959 as Eesti Energoremont, based in Narva. It was the […]
Jõhvi is a town in north-eastern Estonia, and the capital of Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated 50 km from the Russian border. Ethnic Estonians are a minority in Jõhvi, as about 55% of the town’s population are ethnic Russians. History Jõhvi was first mentioned as a village in 1241 in Liber Census Daniae when it was ruled by Denmark. Historical names of […]