59.360596, 28.194466
GPS: 59° 21' 38" N, 28° 11' 40" E
Kreenholm Manufacture established in 1857 was the most modern industrial company
in Russia and the biggest fabric producer in Europe. The strike its workers went on in
1872 was also one of the largest of the time. In 2010 the pancroptcy of the old factory’s
descendent, Kreenholmi Valduse AS, was announced.
A legend says local peasants received a miraculous relevation on this hill and later on found an Orthodox icon most holy under the oak-tree here, a sacrificial one itself. All of this happened in the 16th century.
To honor those events a chapel was e...
Location: Kohtla-Nõmme alev, Jaama tänav 100, Toila vald, Ida-Virumaa, 30503
An underground museum has been opened in the former Kohtla mines.
Join an excursion with a guide to see how oil shale is mined and the machinery and technology that is used to do so.
Take a ride on an underground train and try your hand at...
Location: Peterburi mnt 2, Narva linn, Ida-Virumaa, 20308
The Narva Castle is one of the main attractions of the city. In the seventh decade of the 13th century, the Danes established a castle as a residence for the Danish King’s vice-Regent. The Narva Castle is the most diverse and best preserved defence stru...
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