Legend
Siberi, the poorest place near Kunda
Siberi küla nimelugu
Siberi lies on sandy land just south of Kunda. In the mid-18th century the manor wiped out the ancient village of Paydola, first recorded in 1241, and moved its cottagers onto these sands; in the 19th century houses of workers from the Kunda cement factory grew up here too. An account recorded in 1962 explains the bleak name: the land was bare sand and nobody wanted to come. People said only the poorest and most miserable were sent to Siberia, and so were they, so the village became Siberi-Liiva, Siberia Sands. Each family got four acres of bare field, and later meadow on hard terms.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Siberi küla asub liivastel maadel Kundast lõuna pool. XVIII sajandi keskel hävitas mõis 1241. aastal esmamainitud muistse Paydola küla ja asustas selle saunikud nendele liivadele; XIX sajandil kerkis siia ka Kunda tsemendivabriku tööliste maju. 1962. aastal kirja pandud jutt seletab süngevõitu nime: maa oli paljas liiv ja keegi ei tahtnud tulla. Öeldi, et kõige viletsamad ja vaesemad saadetakse Siberisse – nii ka neid. Nii saigi külast Siberi-Liiva. Iga pere sai neli vakamaad paljast põldu, hiljem halbadel tingimustel ka heinamaad.
Source: After Eesti kohanimeraamat (EKI), tradition recorded 1962 ↗