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{{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:Spb kur sestroretsk.svg|thumb|Sestroretsk in Saint Petersburg]]
[[File:Sestroretsk station.JPG|thumb|[[Sestroretsk railway station]]]]

'''Sestroretsk''' ({{langx|ru|Сестроре́цк}}; {{langx|fi|Siestarjoki}}; {{langx|sv|Systerbäck}}) is a [[administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg|municipal town]] in [[Kurortny District]] of the [[federal cities of Russia|federal city]] of [[Saint Petersburg|St.&nbsp;Petersburg]], [[Russia]], located on the shores of the [[Gulf of Finland]], the [[Sestra River (Leningrad Oblast)|Sestra River]] and the Sestroretskiy Lake {{convert|34|km|sp=us}} northwest of St.&nbsp;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 [[materiel|munitions]] factory (today's ''Sestroretsk Toolmaking Factory'').

==Healthcare==
The town is known as a [[balneology|balneologic]] and [[climatic]] resort. A large [[hospital]] and [[Physical medicine and rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] center is situated within the boundaries of the town. It is the [[City hospital No 40, Saint Petersburg, Russia|City hospital No.&nbsp;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 [[Pechengsky District|Petsamo]].<ref name="finnish">{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://retro.tramway.ru/events/pirotsky.html |title=Ретро-трамвай&nbsp;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 }}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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==
{{Reflist}}

==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]]
[[Category:Karelian Isthmus]]
[[Category:Kurortny District]]
[[Category:1714 establishments in Russia]]
[[Category:Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd]]