Tahkuranna

{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}

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Tahkuranna is a village in Häädemeeste Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia. It is the birthplace of Konstantin Päts, the first president of Estonia and his brother, artist and politician Voldemar Päts. Tiit Helmja, an Olympic rower, was also born in Tahkuranna.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Tiit Helmja |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/tiit-helmja-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103639/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/tiit-helmja-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 6 February 2018 }}

Monument to Konstantin Päts is located in Tahkuranna. It was erected in 1939, but it was destroyed by the Soviet Union in August 1940, shortly after the Soviet occupation of Estonia. The monument was recreated in 1989 during the Estonian national awakening.