Sestroretsk resort Sanatorium

The sanatorium practices the following treatments:

• hydrotherapy,
• mud treatment,
• climatotherapy,
• physiotherapy,
• diet therapy,
• psychotherapy,
• halotherapy,
• aerophytic therapy,
• massage,
• exercise therapy,
• oxygenobarotherapy.

In addition to medical and diagnostic services, the sanatorium provides ample opportunities for a full-fledged rest.

1913

Inhalation, St. Petersburg province, St. Petersburg, Sestroretsky resort, 1913

1900: Opening of the sanatorium

At the grand opening of the sanatorium on June 20, 1900, two special trains on the new Primorsky Road delivered invited guests from St. Petersburg.

The health complex included the largest indoor winter swimming pool in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, connected by a passage to the hospital. The medical offices located in it were equipped with the most advanced equipment of that time, which was not even in the famous foreign resorts. In the Sestroretsk resort, procedures of 52 items were released.

1898: Obtaining Cabinet permission to build the resort and obtaining 60 hectares of land for rent before 1956

On June 22, 1898, the Cabinet of Ministers gave permission to the board of the joint-stock company of the Primorsky St. Petersburg-Sestroretsk Railway to arrange a resort at the mouth of the Sestra River, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. For this, 54 tithes (about 60 hectares) of state land were allocated for cash-free lease until January 1, 1956, followed by the alienation of all property to the Russian treasury.

1896: Development of the resort project

In 1896, at the initiative of one of the leaders of the joint-stock company of the Primorsky St. Petersburg-Sestroretsk railway Pyotr Alexandrovich Avenarius (Russian engineer and entrepreneur, privy councilor), preparations began for the creation of a balneological resort near St. Petersburg.