Kitesurfing, Leijasurfaus
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Photograph by Petri Pietiläinen
Russia - Sestroretsk, 17.7.2010
Sestroretsk is a municipal town under jurisdiction of Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland and Sestra River some 34 km northwest of St. Petersburg.
Sestroretsk was founded by Peter the Great in 1714 due to the construction of a munitions factory (today´s Sestroretsk Toolmaking Factory). The town is also known as a balneologic and climatic resort.
Siestarjoki (Сестрорецк, Sestroretsk) on pieni kylpyläkaupunki Kronstadtinlahden pohjoisrannalla Siestarjoen suulla Venäjällä, 34 km Pietarista luoteeseen . Asukkaita on n. 40 000 (vuonna 2002). Hallinnollisesti Sestroretsk on osa Pietarin kaupunkia.
