Sillamäe : Estonia
Sillamäe : Estonia
Sillamäe Travel : Estonia
Sillamäe is a town in in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland.
During the Soviet regime in Estonia, Sillamäe was a closed town mainly because of the chemical factory in there which produced fuel rods and nuclear materials for the soviet nuclear power plants and weapon facilities. At first, uranium was mined in the same location, later it was imported from various locations from the Eastern Bloc, mainly Czechoslovakia. Rumors are that the first Soviet nuclear bomb was created from the uranium mined at Sillamäe. The radioactive byproducts were thrown into an open waste-pool by the sea, which is an environmental hazard even now.
The city was also a beach and spa for Communist Party members and leaders.