Estosadok, sometimes spelled Esto-Sadok or Estosadoc ( or ; , lit. ''Little Estonian Garden'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') under the administrative jurisdiction of Adlersky City District of the

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, located in the

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on the Mzymta, upstream from

Krasnaya Polyana Krasnaya Polyana () meaning "Red Meadow" is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia: Modern localities Amur Oblast As of 2012, one rural locality in Amur Oblast bears this name: * Krasnaya Polyana, Amur Oblast, a '' selo'' in Tomsky R ...

. Estosadok is adjacent to Caucasus Nature Reserve. The locality was founded in 1886 by Estonian settlers, after the territory was depopulated as a consequence of the

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. It was originally called Estonka, and in 1903 renamed Estosadok. It is the location of the alpine ski resort Alpika-Service. The economy of Estosadok mostly serves the ski resort. The sights in Estosadok include the ruins of Achipse fortress as well as the museum of Estonian writer Anton Tammsaare in the house where he lived in the beginning of the 20th century to cure tuberculosis. Esto-Sadok railway station, opened in 2014, connects this area with

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, with further connections to

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, Sochi Olympic Village, and central Sochi, as well as with Roza Khutor railway station and the eastern end of Krasnaya Polyana.

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{{Authority control Rural localities in Krasnodar Krai Ski areas and resorts in Russia Adlersky city district