Aksi, also known as Väike-Prangli meaning Little Prangli, is another Estonian island in the Gulf of Finland which extends east between Finland on the north and Estonia on the south and Russia to the west. At the extreme eastern end of the gulf is the Karelian Isthmus, separating it from the Ladoga Lake. Spanning 59 hectors, it forms an archipelago with the nearby islands of Prangli and Keri. Aski used to be inhabited from 1790 to 1953, but the residents were forced to abandon the small island by the Soviet border guards. The family that lived there was Aksberg. The Soviet Union occupation occurred on June 1940 after Stalin, the ruler of Russia gained Hitler's agreement to divide Eastern Europe according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. However, Estonia regained independence and the same was declared so 20th August 1991.
To describe Aski, the northern part of Aski is stony while the southern part is sandy and covered with junipers and birches. Aski also has an interesting lighthouse built in 1986. The tower is 50 meters high and is made up of black round metal with three white cylinders below the lantern. It is still operational and serves as an un-seasonal lighthouse for the surrounding waters.
A labyrinth is an elaborate structure constructed for King Minos of Crete and designed by the legendary artificer Daedalus to hold the Minotaur, a creature that was half man and half bull. Now the term labyrinth is often used interchangeably with maze. On the island of Aski there were two labyrinths, which they made drawings of, while on Aegna there was one. The labyrinth (or labyrinths) on Prangli were not known by the local population on the island. The inhabitants of Prangli used to call one of the two labyrinths on Aski Island as the Türgi linn (Turkish city).
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