Muutused Valga linnas pärast Eesti-Läti piiri määramist
about of 3.500 stays in Valga Latvian party. In addition, a change took place in the nations
lived in town. If previously had Valga a multi-ethnic population, where no ethnic group
had absolute predominance, then a few years after dividing the either side had dominant
local ethnic. Already in the 1922nd on Estonian side of Valga there was the proportion of
Estonians 74% of urban residents.
A new phenomenon for the town citizens were border guards. Until the 1923rd the border
was guarded by military units. After foundation, the Estonian Border Guard took this
function. The new organization had individual division of Valga area and it started to work
on 29th March 1923rd. However, on December 1923rd the division of Valga was closed and
Valga district was joined to Petseri division. Immediately after the border begun effective,
the wire fence was erected between Valga and Luke. Already in 1923 the physical barriers
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