Sestroretsk
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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
|en_name = Sestroretsk
|ru_name = Сестрорецк
|image_skyline=File:Вид храма.jpg
|image_caption=View of the Church of Peter and Paul in Sestroretsk
|federal_subject = Saint Petersburg}}
File:Sestroretsk station.JPG]]
Sestroretsk ({{langx|ru|Сестроре́цк}}; {{langx|fi|Siestarjoki}}; {{langx|sv|Systerbäck}}) is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake {{convert|34|km|sp=us}} northwest of St. Petersburg. Population: {{ru-census2010|37,248|;}} {{ru-census2002|40,287|;}} {{su-census1989|35,498|;}} 30,500 (1975).
Munitions factory
Sestroretsk was founded by Peter the Great 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 hospital and rehabilitation 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, 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 Arctic Ocean at Petsamo.{{cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/pieni/4/0082.html |title=Siestarjoki |at=Pieni Tietosanakirja |language=fi |publisher=Projekt Runeberg |access-date=12 October 2010}}
The representative body of local self-government - the municipal council - has been operating since 28 September 1997. In the elections on 14 September 2014, the 5th convocation was elected (10 deputies: 9 from United Russia; 1 self-nominated).
Transportation
=Railway stations=
- Sestroretsk railway station
- Sestroretsk railway station (1871–1924)
- 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.{{cite web |url=http://retro.tramway.ru/events/pirotsky.html |title=Ретро-трамвай петербургская классика: Биография Фёдора Пироцкого |date=2006 |language=ru |access-date=12 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704231352/http://retro.tramway.ru/events/pirotsky.html |archive-date=July 4, 2007 |df=mdy-all }} Another local railway line of historical interest is the Sestroretsk spur line.
Vodoslivnyy canal
The Vodoslivnyy canal runs across the town from east to west and connects the Sestroretskiy Lake with the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea).
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Sestroretsk:
- {{Flagicon|Finland}} Äänekoski, Finland{{cite web|url=http://web25.aanekoski.fi/dynastia/kokous/KOKOUS-656-7.HTM|publisher=City of Äänekoski|title=Äänekosken kaupungin ystävyyskuntatoiminnan edistäminen|access-date=2012-06-01|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719201558/http://web25.aanekoski.fi/dynastia/kokous/KOKOUS-656-7.HTM|archive-date=July 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
Gallery
{{gallery|mode=packed
|File:On the bank of the Sestroretsky flood in the Sestroretsky Swamp nature Reserve.jpg|On the bank of the Sestroretsky flood in the Sestroretsky Swamp nature Reserve
|File:Eco-trail on the Sestroretsk swamp.jpg|Eco-trail on the Sestroretsk swamp
|File:On the shore of the Sestroretsky flood.jpg|On the shore of the Sestroretsky flood on a White night
}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://sestroretsk.org/ Official website of Sestroretsk] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg}}
{{Administrative_divisions_of_Saint_Petersburg}}
{{Lines seaside direction (Saint Petersburg - Sestroretsk)}}
{{Landing stages Sestroretsk - St.-Petersburg}}
{{Placename toponym Sestra}}
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Category:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg