Estosadok

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Estosadok, sometimes spelled Esto-Sadok (Russian: Э́стосадо́к or Э́сто-Садо́к; Estonian: Eesti Aiake, lit. Estonian Garden) is a village (selo) under the jurisdiction of Adlersky City District of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Mzymta River, 4 kilometers (2 mi) upstream from Krasnaya Polyana.

The settlement was founded in 1886 by thirty-six Estonian families, who arrived on August 21, 1886 to Krasnaya Polyana to render habitable the lands formerly settled by the Ubykh and Sadz.

Population of Estosadok is 400.[1] There are the ruins of a Circassian fort and the memorial house of the Estonian writer Anton Tammsaare. It is the location of the alpine ski resort Alpika-Service.