Haapsalu

A bit of history In 1715, the Russian Tsar Peter I first visited the city of Haapsalu by sea, together with Admiral General Apraksin. He stayed at the clerk’s office of Enkin. This wooden burgher house was built at the end of the 17th century and has been preserved to this day. The owner himself, a simple and business man, liked Peter so much that he appointed him the first Russian city mayor in Haapsalu. Also preserved is the “Peter Stone” on the forest road, where his carriage turned over. Peter I wanted to establish a harbor in the city of Haapsalu. And in 1798, Alexander Gorchakov was born in Haapsalu, a fellow practitioner of A. Pushkin in the lyceum, who later became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Later, in the 19th century, many royal persons came to rest here. In the past, Haapsalu Continue reading →