Püssi is a town in Lüganuse parish, Ida-Virum county, in
northeastern Estonia, with a population of 917 people as of 2018. It
is located close to the road between Tallinn and St. Petersburg.
After the end of 45 years of Soviet rule in Estonia, Püssi
experienced a sharp economic decline and a massive exodus of the
population. In 1989, the population of Pussy was 2,400 people, and
20 years later, in 2009, it was only 1809. The population continued
to decline and by 2012 amounted to 1,783 people. In October 2013,
Püssi, together with the parish of Maidla, were merged into the
parish of Lüganuse, and therefore ceased to exist as sovereign
municipalities.
By 2002, Püssi had accumulated 20 million kroons of debt, the
equivalent of 1.3 million euros; and real estate prices became so
low that apartments were valued at about zero. Since then, the
city's economy has begun to recover. Pussi plans to build an
industrial park. The chairman of the city council said in an
interview to the Baltic Times that the value of real estate in the
city is only 1% of the value of the capital city of Tallinn.
St. Petersburg is historically the center of chipboard production.
At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city's largest
employer was chipboard manufacturer Repo Vabrikud, employing 1,400
people, more than half of the city. Although Repo Vabrikud has cut
employment significantly, other particle board manufacturers have
moved. The Sorbes Group has a production center for its "Repo by
Sorbes" particleboard line in Pussy. In 2011, Estonian furniture
maker Viisnurk took over a dormant softboard factory in the city
with the intention of producing the softboard for international
clients in Asia and Europe.
In December 2010, Siemens
announced that Püssi had been selected as the location of one of two
converter stations for its EstLink 2 high voltage transmission line
between Estonia and Finland.
Attractions Püssi
House
of Culture Püssi
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The Püssi Cultural Center is a cultural center in Pussi,
Ida-Virumaa, at Kooli street 5, the head of the cultural center is
Tiit Aruve.