Kukruse

{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}

{{About|the village|the district of Kohtla-Järve|Kukruse, Kohtla-Järve}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kukruse

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Kukruse mõisa peahoone, 2010, regnr 13892.jpg

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| image_caption = Main building of Kukruse manor

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| coordinates = {{Coord|59|23|09|N|27|21|36|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Ida-Viru County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Toila Parish

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| population_total = 52

| population_as_of = 2011 Census

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Kukruse ({{langx|de|Kuckers}}) is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.{{EHAK|3562}} (retrieved 28 July 2021) It is located by the Tallinn–Narva road (E20), between the cities of Kohtla-Järve and Jõhvi. Adjacent to the village is a district of Kohtla-Järve sharing the same name, Kukruse.

Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Kohtla Parish.

As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 52.{{cite web|title=Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PC003&lang=1|publisher=Statistics Estonia|access-date=26 September 2013|date=31 December 2011}}

Kukersite, a marine type oil shale of Ordovician age, is named after Kukruse.

During the road construction in 2009, a cemetery approximately 800 years old was revealed. Fifty graves were studied. The human remains and objects placed in the graves provide a good picture of 13th-century society, culture, and beliefs. Some of the finds from Kukruse were displayed at the Estonian History Museum.{{cite web|title=The Beauty of Kukruse and her contemporaries|url=http://www.ajaloomuuseum.ee/en/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/643-kukruse-kaunitar-ja-tema-kaasaegsed|publisher=Estonian History Museum|access-date=26 September 2013}}