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Vladivostok
The population of the cityVladivostok: 600,871 people (2021)
Date of foundation of Vladivostok: July 2, 1860
Vladivostok city phone code: +7 423
Vladivostok city car code: 25, 125, 725
Postal code of the city Vladivostok: 690xxx
Vladivostok is a port settlement in the Far East, the capital of this region. Its shores are washed by the waters of the Sea of Japan. Vladivostok is located around the Golden Horn (”Golden Horn Bay") on the western side of the peninsula separating the Amur and Ussuri Bays of the Sea of Japan.
The city was founded in 1860 as a Russian military outpost and was named Vladivostok (variously interpreted as “Lord of the East” or “conqueror of the East”). Its advanced position in the extreme south of the Russian Far East led to the fact that it was assigned the most important role of a port and a naval base.
The history of Vladivostok
In 1872, Russia's main naval base on the Pacific Ocean was moved to Vladivostok. In 1880, Vladivostok was granted the status of a city. The city's importance also increased after the construction of the Sino-Eastern Railway through Manchuria to Chita (completed in 1903), which gave Vladivostok a more direct railway connection with the rest of the Russian Empire.
During World War I, Vladivostok was the main Pacific port for military supplies and railway equipment bound for Russia from the United States. After the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1917, Vladivostok was occupied in 1918 by foreign, mainly Japanese troops, the last of which were withdrawn only in 1922.
In Soviet times, Vladivostok remained the birthplace of the Pacific Fleet, which expanded significantly in the post-war decades. Vladivostok's military importance was such that it was closed to foreign shipping and other contacts from the late 1950s until the decline of Soviet power in 1990.
Its main role as a commercial port was subsequently revived, as a link with other Russian ports of the Far East, and as a port of import of consumer goods from China, Japan and other countries. The port is the eastern terminus of the Northern Sea Route along the Arctic coast of Russia from Murmansk and the main supply base for Arctic ports east of Cape Chelyuskin.
The economy of Vladivostok
Vladivostok's main exports are oil, coal and grain, while its main imports are clothing, consumer electronics and automobiles. The port also receives most of the catch or processed fish from other Russian Far Eastern ports for further shipment to the rest of the country.
Vladivostok's industrial base was significantly diversified during the Soviet period. In addition to large ship repair yards, there are railway workshops and a factory for the manufacture of mining equipment. Light industry includes instrument-making and radio factories, woodworking enterprises (in particular, furniture and veneer manufacturers), a porcelain factory, as well as pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The food industry, mainly fish and meat processing, milling and construction industries (prefabricated building panels) are important. Mechanical engineering still plays an important role. The railway city of Vladivostok is the Eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The city also has an airport.
Education in Vladivostok
Vladivostok is the main educational and cultural center of the Russian Far East. The Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Far Eastern State University (founded in 1920), medical, art, polytechnic, commercial and marine engineering institutes are located here.
Students studying at higher educational institutions make up a significant part of the entire population of the city. There are theaters in the city, as well as a philharmonic and a symphony orchestra. There are also museums of local lore and the history of the Pacific Fleet.
The sights of Vladivostok are all that will tell about its past and the exploits of military sailors. The most impressive building of the city is the Vladivostok Fortress. It is a museum that tells about the role of the city, the port and the naval base. There is also a natural monument in the city – a stone garden, created based on oriental motifs. Other monuments of Vladivostok are the Catholic Church, the aquarium museum, the botanical garden, etc.
The list of sights of Vladivostok: The Marine Cemetery, the Vladivostok Aquarium, the Vladivostok Fortress, the Vladivostok Railway Station, the Rostral Column, the Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Golden Horn, Versailles, the Voroshilov Battery, the Primorsky State United Museum named after V. K. Arsenyev, the Vladivostok Circus.
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