Society of Slavic Culture

At the end of the 19^th century Sillamäe became a resort popular among St. Petersburg intellectuals. The history of industrial town began in 1946 when it was decided to locate a large metal plant there. This resulted in an increase of foreign population: technical intellectuals, teachers, doctors and many other specialists from different regions outside Estonia.

Nowadays the city has a music school, children's creative art house "Uley", two libraries with 105 thousand books, a Cultural Centre, Sillamäe historic and cultural museum, as well as an exhibition hall. There are also choir, theatre, dancing groups and many children groups as well.

The Society of Slavic culture was established in 1991. The purpose of this Society is preservation of the Slavic cultural traditions, as well as teaching of Estonian and world culture and preservation of contacts with all cultural establishments. Every year the society arranges Town Festivals of Slavic Culture, which is held in connection with the day of saint Cyril and Metody - the creators of Slavic written language. The Slavic Festivals are big events in which invited guests and all creative groups in the town take part.