Estosadok
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Estosadok, sometimes spelled Esto-Sadok or Estosadoc ( or ; , lit. Little Estonian Garden) is a village (selo) under the jurisdiction of Adlersky City District
Adlersky City District
Adlersky City District is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, lying along the Black Sea coast near the southern Russian border with Abkhazia, Georgia...

 of Sochi
Sochi
Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

, Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai
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, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It is located on the Mzymta River
Mzymta River
Mzymta is a river in Western Caucasus, Russia, flowing through Krasnodar Krai and the city of Sochi. Mzymta is the biggest river in Russia emptying into the Black Sea. Length: 89 km; watershed area: 885 km²....

, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) upstream from Krasnaya Polyana
Krasnaya Polyana
Krasnaya Polyana is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia:*Krasnaya Polyana, Krasnodar Krai, an urban locality in Krasnodar Krai...

.

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 Sadz
Sadz
The Sadz or Asadzwa, also Jigets are a sub-ethnic group of the Abkhazians. They are sometimes purported to have originated from the Sanigoi tribe mentioned by the Classic authors...

. The population of Estosadok is roughly 400 people.

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. A railway station of Sochi Light Metro
Sochi Light Metro
The Sochi Light Metro is a public transportation system under construction in Sochi, Russia, that is slated for completion in 2013 before the 2014 Winter Olympics in that city....

 is planned to connect this area with Sochi International Airport, Sochi Olympic Village and the downtown of Sochi.
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