{"id":896,"date":"2023-10-12T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/ajalugu\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T06:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:23:39","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1092\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-583\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-1536x655.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-2048x873.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Linnamagi-1568x669.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>900 YEARS OF HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9ea9de3557edab6b4469dff93e6affdc\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Welcome to Otep\u00e4\u00e4 which boasts more than nine hundred years of history. A place in which history, sports, and culture have been coming together for centuries. We are very proud of the fact that the earliest written records regarding the significance of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 date back as early as the \u2018Ancient Era\u2019 in Estonia, from 9 March 1116. The first signs of human activity in the Otep\u00e4\u00e4 area date from the sixth century BC. The area has been permanently settled since the sixth or seventh century AD. The people of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 have remained sturdy and have survived in spite of the constant conquests which have occurred here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">Nine hundred tears ago Ugandi was an historical county in south-eastern Estonia, and Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was its most significant centre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">Ugala Theatre in Viljandi was founded in 1920 and was named after Ugandi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">The Latvian name for Estonia, \u2018Igaunija\u2019, is also based on \u2018Ugandi\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">The historical hill fort gave Otep\u00e4\u00e4 its name, as the shape of the castle which used to stand here resembled the head of a bear (\u2018ott\u2019 is a word which is used to refer to a bear in Estonian, while \u2018p\u00e4\u00e4\u2019 refers to a head). Otep\u00e4\u00e4 Castle is mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry as \u2018Odenpe\u2019 and \u2018Odempe\u2019, which means \u2018bear\u2019s head\u2019. Russian chronicles also referred to it as \u2018\u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0436\u044c\u044f \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u2019 (\u2018bear\u2019s head\u2019).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">This is the site at which what known to be the world\u2019s oldest firearm was discovered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">Otep\u00e4\u00e4 is the cradle of the Estonian tricolour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-1024x701.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-1536x1051.png 1536w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-2048x1402.png 2048w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eesti_ja_lahiumbruse_muinasaja_lopu_maakondade_kaart-1-1568x1073.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In the Middle Iron Age a small county was formed around Otep\u00e4\u00e4, which later became the core of the county of Ugandi. A bear head-shaped castle was built here. Otep\u00e4\u00e4 became the second fortified centre of the ancient county of Ugandi next to Tartu. Towards the end of the Ancient Era, in the first quarter of the thirteenth century AD, Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was the main centre of power in the county of Ugandi. If the course of history had been different, it is possible that Otep\u00e4\u00e4 today could have been a more important centre than Tartu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Otep\u00e4\u00e4\u2019s hill fort lies just a few hundred metres from Ugandi Hotel. It boasts a long and dignified history. There was a castle of the ancient Estonians here for more than half a millennium, followed by a stone castle which was built in 1224 and which stood for a few hundred years. Some of shards of ribbed or textile ceramic clay dishes which were discovered during the course of archaeological excavations of the hill fort indicate that there may earlier have been a temporary shelter or stronghold here, in the Old Iron Age, but a permanently settled castle was built in the seventh century. The importance of the castle and the settlement which formed next to it increased in the following centuries and, by the beginning of the twelfth century, Otep\u00e4\u00e4 had become one of the most significant centres in south-eastern Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In the Early Iron Age, Otep\u00e4\u00e4 Castle and its adjoining settlement became an early urban centre in which its people were engaged in trade and handicrafts. Four large roads branched out from here: towards Pskov and Novgorod, via Tartu to northern Estonia, over the River V\u00e4ike Emaj\u00f5gi to Sakala, and south towards the lands of the Latgale and Livonians. At the end of the twelfth century and at the beginning of the thirteenth century, the trade road between Riga and Pskov probably also passed through this place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The first mention of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 in 1116 is related to a campaign to Otep\u00e4\u00e4 by the prince of Novgorod which was deemed a very important event in the entire territory of the Kievan Rus\u2019, as the same mention can also be found in chronicles of the cities of Kiev, Tver, Vladimir, Pskov, and others. Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was also besieged by Russian forces in 1192, 1210, and 1217.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The conquest of 1116 probably did not result in any lasting consequences for the residents of Otep\u00e4\u00e4. There is no information regarding the people of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 having to pay tribute to the princes of Novgorod after the event. The castle was rebuilt and fortified. Nevertheless, the castle was repeatedly looted, burned down, and rebuilt over following decades. The castle was burned down in 1192 by the forces of Yaroslav Vladimirovich, prince of Novgorod, during the course of a looting campaign. According to the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, the castle was torched again in 1208, on this occasion by the army of the bishop of Riga, the \u2018Brothers of the Sword\u2019 knightly order, the Talava Latgale, and the Livonians. Two years later, the princes of Novgorod and Pskov besieged the castle until those inside agreed to pay to the besiegers. Later in same year Riga\u2019s forces returned, conquered the castle, and set it on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">A new conquest by the Russians in 1192 and the events of the ancient fight for freedom at the beginning of the thirteenth century show that the Otep\u00e4\u00e4 Castle was still the most important centre at the time in south-eastern Estonia. In 1216, the bishop and the Order of Riga took possession of Ugandi. Vladimir Mstislavich of Pskov responded to this by temporarily taking over Otep\u00e4\u00e4 Castle. Riga\u2019s Riga, in turn, fortified the defensive structures there and sent backup. At the beginning of 1217 the castle\u2019s defenders surrendered to the besieging forces of Novgorod, Pskov, Saaremaa, Harjumaa, and Sakala. Soon, Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was again ruled by Riga and, in 1220, the friars moved there to live beside the people of Uganda. There was an uprising at the beginning of 1223 against the Order in Uganda, which involved killing or imprisoning the friars and other Germans in Otep\u00e4\u00e4. The people of Uganda asked Russian princes to help them defend their castles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">When the uprising was suppressed in 1224, Ugandi was handed over to the bishop of Tartu, who had a new stone castle built on the site of the old castle, as Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was serving back then for a short time as the centre of the bishopric. The bishop of Tartu\u2019s stone castle was erected in Otep\u00e4\u00e4 in its initial form in 1225. In the same year Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was visited by the papal diplomat, William of Modena, who noted the presence of a strong castle and two churches here. During the St George&#8217;s Night Uprising in 1343, the headquarters of the bishop of Tartu\u2019s forces which were led by Johan \u00dcxk\u00fcll were located here. After this, the castle was owned by several vassals. Otep\u00e4\u00e4 Bishop&#8217;s Castle was destroyed by the Order in 1396 and was never again restored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_muinaslinnus_by_kalaadrius_da8vshh-fullview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"548\" data-id=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_muinaslinnus_by_kalaadrius_da8vshh-fullview.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_muinaslinnus_by_kalaadrius_da8vshh-fullview.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_muinaslinnus_by_kalaadrius_da8vshh-fullview-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_muinaslinnus_by_kalaadrius_da8vshh-fullview-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_piiskopilinnus__ver_0_5_by_kalaadrius_d9fubf0-414w-2x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" data-id=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_piiskopilinnus__ver_0_5_by_kalaadrius_d9fubf0-414w-2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_piiskopilinnus__ver_0_5_by_kalaadrius_d9fubf0-414w-2x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_piiskopilinnus__ver_0_5_by_kalaadrius_d9fubf0-414w-2x-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/otepaa_piiskopilinnus__ver_0_5_by_kalaadrius_d9fubf0-414w-2x-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ancient_Estonian_counties-1024x702.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ancient_Estonian_counties-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ancient_Estonian_counties-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ancient_Estonian_counties-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ancient_Estonian_counties.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">After the bishopric of Tartu was brought into being the name of Ugandi disappeared quickly and was not used again. The idea of naming either Tartu County or V\u00f5ru County as \u2018Ugandi\u2019 was considered in 1928. Parliament addressed this issue with the University of Tartu, but the latter\u2019s representatives did not support the idea and it was therefore discarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Otep\u00e4\u00e4 and the surrounding area have suffered a good deal throughout the years at the hand of hostile forces. This began during the ancient fight for freedom and continued with the score-settling between the bishopric and the Teutonic Order at the end of the fourteenth century when the bishop\u2019s castle on the Otep\u00e4\u00e4 hill fort site was burned to the ground. The destruction continued during the Great Northern War when the entire surrounding area around Otep\u00e4\u00e4 was looted by Russian forces, and the church and the parsonage building were burned to the ground. August 1944 brought tragedy to Otep\u00e4\u00e4, with the majority of the city of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 being destroyed through a joint effort by the battling sides. In spite of the constant suffering, the people of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 have remained strong and have always rebuilt. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Throughout the ages the residents of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 have exhibited their love for education and culture. For example, the first folk school opened its doors here in 1686. One of the leading figures of the Estonian national awakening period, Jakob Hurt, worked in this area.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The Estonian national flag was consecrated in Otep\u00e4\u00e4. The first blue-black-white tricolour was consecrated in the hall of the parsonage in Otep\u00e4\u00e4 in the evening of 4 June 1884. However, this event did not yet bring with it any right to publicly display or use the flag. The flag was hidden in the headquarters of the Estonian Students Society in Tartu to bide its time. The tricolours were waived proudly on 24 February 1918 when the first principal document of Estonian independence was declared in the form of \u2018The Manifesto to the Peoples of Estonia\u2019 by the \u2018Committee of Elders\u2019 of the Estonian State Diet. German occupation which soon began forced the flag to go back underground for a while but, on 21 November 1918, the republic of Estonia\u2019s provisional government declared the flag to be the country\u2019s new national flag of Estonia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"496\" data-id=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Otepaa-linnamagi-ohust-1930.-aastate-postkaardil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Otepaa-linnamagi-ohust-1930.-aastate-postkaardil.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Otepaa-linnamagi-ohust-1930.-aastate-postkaardil-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"526\" data-id=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Otepaa-linnamagi-1900-aasta-postkaardil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Otepaa-linnamagi-1900-aasta-postkaardil.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Otepaa-linnamagi-1900-aasta-postkaardil-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ugandihotel.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kasutusoigusega_Karu-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The charm of Otep\u00e4\u00e4 &#8211; its scenic landscapes with their rich history &#8211; has remained unchanged for hundreds of years. Today\u2018s Otep\u00e4\u00e4 is known as the most famous winter sports centre in the Baltic states, one which offers unlimited opportunities to spend one\u2019s leisure time. Sporty Otep\u00e4\u00e4 is full of life all year-round: in the snowy season the city is awarded the title of \u2018Winter Capital\u2019, while in the summer it allures fishermen and beach-goers alike with its hilly forest trails and tiny lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Ugandi Hotel is part of Otep\u00e4\u00e4\u2019s story. It offers an accommodation experience in a unique and luxurious atmosphere. In addition to the great opportunities which are available for taking part in sports-related activities, which the landscapes around here have been providing for decades, Otep\u00e4\u00e4 also charms visitors with its incredible cultural heritage. Come to Otep\u00e4\u00e4, the junction of history, sports, and culture, and experience the beautiful Winter Capital which is a sight to see all year-round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Otep\u00e4\u00e4 which boasts more than nine hundred years of history. A place in which history, sports, and culture have been coming together for centuries. 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