Paldiski is a seaside town in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula, next to the Pakri islands in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It is the administrative centre of Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County and has a little over three thousand five hundred residents. The town is built around a large ice-free port, which is served by passenger ferries to Kapellskär in Sweden, and it is the terminus of the railway line from Tallinn. Its modern history began when Peter the Great chose Rågervik Bay as the site of a new Baltic warship port, and on 20 July 1718 construction of the fortress and breakwater began, a date the town still celebrates as its birthday. The place was called Rågervik, then Baltiyskiy Port, and the Estonian name Paldiski became official on 19 June 1933. It received town rights on 3 July 1783.
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Founding Year Sources
1. Paldiski (Wikipedia)
Lead, population 1 January 2021
As of 1 January 2021, the town had a population of 3,542 persons.
Lead, seaside town
Paldiski is a seaside town in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula.
History, Rågervik
On 20 July 1718, Peter the Great of Russia ceremoniously initiated the construction of the breakwater between Väike-Pakri island and the mainland, which was never fully completed.
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Part Of: Estonia, Lead, country
in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula
On Continent: Europe, Lead, continent via country
in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Lead, placement via country
in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula
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