Sestroretsk (russian: Сестроре́цк; fi, Siestarjoki; sv, Systerbäck) is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg,

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, located on the shores of the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and ...

, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake northwest of St. Petersburg. Population: 30,500 (1975).

Munitions factory

Sestroretsk was founded by

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

in 1714 due to the construction of a munitions factory (today's ''Sestroretsk Toolmaking Factory'').

Healthcare

The town is known as a balneologic and climatic resort. A large

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and

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center is situated within the boundaries of the town. It is the City hospital No. 40 of Saint Petersburg.

Political history

In 1812, the town was incorporated into the

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecess ...

, along with Old Finland. In 1864, the town was transferred to Russia in exchange for a promise of compensation, supposedly in the form of access to the

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Petsamo Petsamo may refer to: * Petsamo Province, a province of Finland from 1921 to 1922 * Petsamo, Tampere, a district in Tampere, Finland * Pechengsky District Pechengsky District (russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; fi, Petsamo; no, Peisen ...

Transportation

Railway stations

Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk railway station (russian: ста́нция Сестроре́цк, ''stantsiya Sestroretsk'') is a railway station in Sestroretsk, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Ea ...

Sestroretsk railway station (1871–1924) Sestroretsk railway station (russian: ста́нция Сестроре́цк, ''stantsiya Sestroretsk'') was a railway station in Sestroretsk, Russia handling transportation to northern destinations including Beloostrov and Sestroretsk. The st ...

* Kurort railway station for the sanatorium

Electric railway

In 1875, Fyodor Pirotsky experimented with electrically powered railway cars on the Miller's line railway. The electricity was transferred over a distance of approximately one kilometer. Although the experiment did not last, this was the first use of electricity to power any railway in the world. Another local railway line of historical interest is the

Sestroretsk spur line The Sestroretsk spur line was laid by request of the Russian Ministry of Defence for communication of the Sestroretsk armory with the strategic Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railway in 1871. The line was opened on 2 November 1871, when the first ...

Vodoslivnyy canal

The Vodoslivnyy canal runs across the town from east to west and connects the Sestroretskiy Lake with the

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Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Sestroretsk: * Äänekoski,

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Gallery

References

External links

Official website of Sestroretsk
{{Authority control Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg Karelian Isthmus Kurortny District 1714 establishments in Russia Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd