Vladivostok

Vladivostok (English)
Владивосток (Russian)
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June 2014 view of Vladivostok and the Golden Horn Bay

Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia
Vladivostok
Location of Vladivostok in Primorsky Krai
Coordinates: 43°08′N 131°54′E / 43.133°N 131.900°ECoordinates: 43°08′N 131°54′E / 43.133°N 131.900°E
Coat of arms
Flag
City Day First Sunday of July
Administrative status (as of November 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Primorsky Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
Administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2004)
Urban okrug Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug[2]
Head Igor Pushkaryov
Representative body Duma
Statistics
Area 625 km2 (241 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 592,034 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2010 22nd
Density 947/km2 (2,450/sq mi)[5]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[6]
Founded July 2, 1860[7]
City status since April 22, 1880
Postal code(s)[8] 690xxx
Dialing code(s) +7 4232
Official website
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Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосток; IPA: [vlədʲɪvɐˈstok], literally ruler of the East) is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The population of the city, according to the 2010 Census, is 603 244,[9] up from 594,701 recorded in the 2002 Census.[10] The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.

Names

The name Vladivostok loosely translates from Russian as "the ruler of the East"—a name similar to Vladikavkaz which means "the ruler of the Caucasus". In Chinese, the place where the city is situated nowadays was known since the Qing Dynasty as Hǎishēnwǎi (海參崴, meaning "sea cucumber bay"). In modern day China, it is known by the transliteration Fúlādíwòsītuōkè (符拉迪沃斯托克), although its historical Chinese name of the place where the city was cituated Hǎishēnwǎi is still often used. The Japanese name of the city is Urajiosutoku (ウラジオストク; a rough transliteration of the Russian originally written in Kanji as 浦塩斯徳 and often shortened to Urajio; ウラジオ; 浦塩). In Korean, the name is transliterated as Beulladiboseutok (블라디보스토크) in South Korea, Ullajibosŭttokhŭ (울라지보스또크) in North Korea, and Beullajiboseu-ttokeu (블라지보스또크) by Koreans in China.

Geography

The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 kilometers (19 mi) long and 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) wide.

The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, 257 meters (843 ft). Eagle's Nest Hill is often called the highest point of the city; but, with a height of only 199 meters (653 ft), or 214 meters (702 ft) according to other sources, it is the highest point of the downtown area, but not of the whole city.

History

The aboriginals of the territory on which modern Vladivostok is located are the Udege minority, and a sub-minority called the Taz which emerged through members of the indigenous Udege mixing with the nearby Chinese and Hezhe. The region had been part of many states, such as the Mohe, Bohai Kingdom, Liao Dynasty, Jīn Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and various other Chinese dynasties, before Russia acquired the entire Maritime Province and the island of Sakhalin by the Treaty of Beijing (1860). Qing China, which had just lost the Opium War with Britain, was unable to defend the region. The Pacific coast near Hǎishēnwǎi bay was settled mainly by the Chinese and Manchus during the Qing Dynasty period.

On June 20 (July 2 Gregorian style), 1860, the military supply ship Manchur, under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Alexey K. Shefner, called at the Golden Horn Bay to found an outpost called Vladivostok. Warrant officer Nikolay Komarov with 28 soldiers and two non-commissioned officers under his command were brought from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur by ship to construct the first buildings of the future city.

The Manza War in 1868 was the first attempt by Russia to expel Chinese from territory it controlled. Hostilities broke out around Vladivostok when the Russians tried to shut off gold mining operations and expel Chinese workers there.[11] The Chinese resisted a Russian attempt to take Ashold Island and in response, two Russian military stations and three Russian towns were attacked by the Chinese, and the Russians failed to oust the Chinese.[12]

An elaborate system of fortifications was erected between the 1870s and 1890s. A telegraph line from Vladivostok to Shanghai and Nagasaki was opened in 1871, the year when a commercial port was relocated here from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. Town status was granted on April 22, 1880. A coat of arms, representing the Siberian tiger, was adopted in March 1883.

Vladivostok circa 1898

The first high school was opened in 1899. The city's economy was given a boost in 1916, with the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which connected Vladivostok to Moscow and Europe.[13]

In the wake of the October Revolution, Vladivostok was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government, and the Allied intervention, consisting of foreign troops from Czechoslovakia, Japan, the United States, British, Canada, and other nations.[14]

The Czechoslovak Legion conquered the city in 1918 and waited for foreign reinforcements. Japanese forces arrived in April 1918, followed by British soldiers in May, Americans in June, and later on French and Canadian soldiers. On arriving in Vladivostok, these forces witnessed open warfare going on across Siberia between the Bolsheviks on one side and the Czechoslovak Legions and White Russians on the other. The Czechoslovak Legion (around 67,000 soldiers), exhausted by their long trek across Siberia and eager to return to their new nation, returned via the port of Vladivostok to Czechoslovakia. All allied forces were evacuated by 1920, apart from the Japanese who stayed until 1922.

American troops in Vladivostok during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (August 1918)

1,600 Chinese troops also intervened in response to a request by the Chinese community in the area for aid.[15] The taking of the city by Ieronim Uborevich's Red Army on October 25, 1922 marked the end of the Russian Civil War.

As the main naval base of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, Vladivostok was officially closed to foreigners during the Soviet years. The city hosted the summit at which Leonid Brezhnev and Gerald Ford conducted the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in 1974. At the time, the two countries decided quantitative limits on various nuclear weapons systems and banned the construction of new land-based ICBM launchers.

In 2012, Vladivostok hosted the 24th APEC summit. Leaders from the APEC member countries met at Russky Island, off the coast of Vladivostok.[16] With the summit on Russky Island, the government and private businesses inaugurated resorts, dinner and entertainment facilities, in addition to the renovation and upgrading of Vladivostok International Airport.[17] Two giant cable-stayed bridges were built in preparation for the summit, namely the Zolotoy Rog bridge over the Zolotoy Rog Bay in the center of the city, and the Russky Island Bridge from the mainland to Russky Island (it is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world right now). The new campus of Far Eastern Federal University will be completed on Russky Island by 2012.

Politics

Vladivistok City Duma seat

Head of the city of Vladivostok on the principles of unity of command directs the administration of the city of Vladivostok in accordance with federal laws, the laws of the Primorsky Krai and the charter of the city. The structure of the city administration said City Council by the head. The structure of the administration of the city of Vladivostok may include the territorial bodies of administration of the city of Vladivostok.

The responsibilities of the administration of the city of Vladivostok are:

Legislative authority is vested in the City Council. The new City Council began operations in 2001. June 21 deputies of the Duma of the first convocation of Vladivostok started work. On 17 December 2007 Duma of the third convocation began. The deputies consists of 35 elected members, including 18 members were chosen by a single constituency, and 17 deputies from single-mandate constituencies.

Administrative and municipal status

Vladivostok is the administrative center of the krai. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug.[2]

Climate

Vladivostok has a monsoon influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm, humid and rainy summers and cold, dry winters. Owing to the influence of the Siberian High, winters are far colder than a latitude of 43 degrees north should warrant given its low elevation and coastal location, with a January average of −12.3 °C (9.9 °F).

In winter, temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) while mild spells of weather can raise daytime temperatures above freezing. The average precipitation, mainly in the form of snow, is around 18.5 millimeters (0.73 in) from December to March. Snow is common during winter, but individual snowfalls are light, with a maximum snow depth of only 5 centimeters (2.0 in) in January. During winter, clear sunny days are common.

Summers are warm, humid and rainy, due to the East Asian monsoon. The warmest month is August, with an average temperature of +19.8 °C (67.6 °F). Most of the precipitation that Vladivostok receives falls during the summer months and with many days receiving precipitation. Cloudy days are fairly common and with the presence of rainfall, humidity is high, reaching up to 90% in July and August.

Overall, Vladivostok receives 840 millimeters (33 in) per year but this can vary. The wettest month was August 1943 when 418 millimeters (16.5 in) of precipitation fell while the wettest year was in 1974 with 1,272 millimeters (50.1 in) of precipitation. On the other hand, the months December to March have recorded no measurable precipitation at all in some years. The driest year was 1937 with only 420 millimeters (17 in). Extremes range from −31.4 °C (−24.5 °F) in January 1931 to +33.6 °C (92.5 °F) in July 1939.[18]

Climate data for Vladivostok
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 5.0
(41)		 9.9
(49.8)		 15.2
(59.4)		 22.7
(72.9)		 29.5
(85.1)		 31.8
(89.2)		 33.6
(92.5)		 33.0
(91.4)		 30.0
(86)		 23.4
(74.1)		 17.5
(63.5)		 9.4
(48.9)		 33.6
(92.5)
Average high °C (°F) −8.1
(17.4)		 −4.2
(24.4)		 2.2
(36)		 9.9
(49.8)		 14.8
(58.6)		 17.8
(64)		 21.1
(70)		 23.2
(73.8)		 19.8
(67.6)		 12.9
(55.2)		 3.1
(37.6)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 9.0
(48.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.3
(9.9)		 −8.4
(16.9)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 5.1
(41.2)		 9.8
(49.6)		 13.6
(56.5)		 17.6
(63.7)		 19.8
(67.6)		 16.0
(60.8)		 8.9
(48)		 −0.9
(30.4)		 −9.1
(15.6)		 4.9
(40.8)
Average low °C (°F) −15.4
(4.3)		 −11.6
(11.1)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 2.0
(35.6)		 6.7
(44.1)		 11.1
(52)		 15.6
(60.1)		 17.7
(63.9)		 13.1
(55.6)		 5.9
(42.6)		 −3.8
(25.2)		 −11.9
(10.6)		 2.0
(35.6)
Record low °C (°F) −31.4
(−24.5)		 −28.9
(−20)		 −22
(−8)		 −8.1
(17.4)		 −0.8
(30.6)		 3.7
(38.7)		 8.8
(47.8)		 10.1
(50.2)		 2.2
(36)		 −9.7
(14.5)		 −23
(−9)		 −28.1
(−18.6)		 −31.4
(−24.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 14
(0.55)		 15
(0.59)		 27
(1.06)		 48
(1.89)		 81
(3.19)		 110
(4.33)		 164
(6.46)		 156
(6.14)		 119
(4.69)		 59
(2.32)		 29
(1.14)		 18
(0.71)		 840
(33.07)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 12
(4.7)		 12
(4.7)		 10
(3.9)		 6
(2.4)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 5
(2)		 16
(6.3)		 61
(24)
Avg. rainy days 0.3 0.3 4 13 20 22 22 19 14 12 5 1 133
Avg. snowy days 7 7 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9 47
Average relative humidity (%) 58 57 60 67 76 87 92 87 77 65 60 60 71
Mean monthly sunshine hours 176.7 186.5 217.0 192.0 198.4 129.0 120.9 148.8 198.0 204.6 168.0 155.0 2,094.9
Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net[18]
Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory (sun, 1961-1990)[19]

Demographics

Church of Our Lady's Protection

The population of the city, according to the 2010 Census, is 592,034,[4] down from 594,701 recorded in the 2002 Census.[10] This is further down from 633,838 recorded in the 1989 Census.[20] Ethnic Russians and Ukrainians make up the majority of the population.

Economy

Zolotoy Bridge across bay in the city

The city's main industries are shipping, commercial fishing, and the naval base. Fishing accounts for almost four-fifths of Vladivostok's commercial production. Other food production totals 11%.

A very important employer and a major source of revenue for the city's inhabitants is the import of Japanese cars.[21] Besides salesmen, the industry employs repairmen, fitters, import clerks as well as shipping and railway companies.[22] The Vladivostok dealers sell 250,000 cars a year, with 200,000 going to other parts of Russia.[22] Every third worker in the Primorsky Krai has some relation to the automobile import business. In recent years, the Russian government has made attempts to improve the country's own car industry. This has included raising tariffs for imported cars, which has put the car import business in Vladivostok in difficulties. To compensate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the car manufacturing company Sollers to move one of its factories from Moscow to Vladivostok. The move was completed in 2009, and the factory now employs about 700 locals. It is planned to produce 13,200 cars in Vladivostok in 2010.[21]

Transportation

Vladivostok Station
Svetlanskaya Street in the central part of Vladivostok (August 2005)

Vladivostok is the starting point of Ussuri Highway (M60) to Khabarovsk, the easternmost part of Trans-Siberian Highway that goes all the way to Moscow and Saint Petersburg via Novosibirsk. The other main highways go east to Nakhodka and south to Khasan.

The Trans-Siberian Railway was built to connect European Russia with Vladivostok, Russia's most important Pacific Ocean port. Finished in 1905, the rail line ran from Moscow to Vladivostok via several of Russia's main cities. Part of the railroad, known as the Chinese Eastern Line, crossed over into Manchuria, China, passing through Harbin, a major city in Manchuria. During the Soviet era, Vladivostok's status as a closed city meant that ferry-passenger tourists arriving from South Korea to travel the Trans-Siberian railway westbound had to embark in Nakhodka. Today, Vladivostok serves as the main starting point for the Trans-Siberian portion of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

Air routes connect Vladivostok International Airport with South Korea, Japan, China, North Korea , Philippines and Vietnam.

It is possible to get to Vladivostok from several of the larger cities in Russia. Regular flights to Seattle, Washington, were available in the 1990s but have been canceled since. Vladivostok Air resumed flying to Anchorage, Alaska, in July 2008.

Urban transportation

On June 28, 1908, Vladivostok's first tram line was started along Svetlanskaya Street, running from the railway station on Lugovaya Street. On October 9, 1912, the first wooden cars manufactured in Belgium entered service. Today, Vladivostok's means of public transportation include trolleybus, bus, tram, train, funicular, ferryboat and cutter. The main urban traffic lines are City Center—Vtoraya Rechka, City Center—Pervaya Rechka—3ya Rabochaya—Balyayeva, and City Center—Lugovaya Street.

In 2012, Vladivostok hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. In preparation for the event, the infrastructure of the city was renovated and improved. Two giant cable-stayed bridges were constructed in Vladivostok, namely the Zolotoy Rog Bridge over the Golden Horn Bay in the center of the city, and the Russky Bridge from the mainland to Russky Island, where the summit took place. The latter bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.

Port

Port of Vladivostok

The port is ice-free all year round, and in 2002 had a foreign trade turnover worth $275 million.[23]

Education

Videoconferencing in Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Vladivostok is home to numerous educational institutions, including five universities:

The Presidium of the Far Eastern Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ДВО РАН) as well as ten of its research institutes are also located in Vladivostok, as is the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (Тихоокеанский научно-исследовательский рыбохозяйственный центр or ТИНРО).

Media

Over fifty newspapers and regional editions to Moscow publications are issued in Vladivostok. The largest newspaper of the Primorsky Krai and the whole Russian Far East is Vladivostok with a circulation of 124,000 copies at the beginning of 1996. Its founder, joint-stock company Vladivostok-News, also issues a weekly English-language newspaper Vladivostok News. Another source of information on the city is the online daily Vladivostok Times. The subjects of the publications issued in these newspapers vary from information around Vladivostok and Primorye to major international events. Newspaper Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) gives every detail of economic news. Entertainment materials and cultural news constitute a larger part of Novosti (News) newspaper which is the most popular among Primorye's young people. Also, new online mass media about Russian Far East for foreigners Far East Times. This source invites everyone to take part in informational support of RFE for visitors, travellers and businessmen. Vladivostok operates many online media - newsvl, primamedia, primorye24, VladTop - Breaking News Vladivostok

As of 1999, there are also seven radio stations, the most popular being 24-hour VBC (612 kHz, 101.7 MHz) and Europa+ (738 kHz, 104.2 MHz). Europa+ normally broadcasts popular modern British-American music, while the ratio of Russian and foreign songs over VBC is fifty-fifty. Every hour one can hear local news over these radio stations. Radio Vladivostok (1098 kHz) operates from 06:00 till 01:00. It broadcasts several special programs which are devoted to the music of the 1950s-1980s as well as New Age.

It is the nearest city to the massive Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, which fell on February 12, 1947, in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, approximately 440 kilometres (273 miles) northeast of Vladivostok.

Culture

Theater

Maxim Gorky Theater

Maxim Gorky Academic Theater, named after Russian author, Maxim Gorky, was founded in 1931 and is used for drama, musical and children's theater performances.

In September 2012, a granite statue of actor Yul Brynner (1920-1985) was inaugurated in Yul Brynner Park, directly in front of the house where he was born at 15 Aleutskaya St.

Museums

The Arsenyev Primorye Museum (Приморский государственный объединенный музей имени В.К. Арсеньева), opened in 1890, is the main museum of the Primorsky Krai. Besides the main facility, it has three branches in Vladivostok itself (including Arsenyev's Memorial House), and five branches elsewhere in the krai.[24] Among the items in the museum's collection are the famous 15th-century Yongning Temple Steles from the lower Amur.

Music

The city is home to the Vladivostok Pops Orchestra.

Russian rock band Mumiy Troll hails from Vladivostok and frequently puts on shows there. In addition, the city played host to the now-legendary "VladiROCKstok" International Music Festival in September 1996. Hosted by the Mayor and Governor, and organized by two young American expatriates, the festival drew nearly 10,000 people and top-tier musical acts from St. Petersburg (Akvarium and DDT) and Seattle (Supersuckers, Goodness), as well as several leading local bands. Nowadays there is another annual music festival in Vladivostok - Vladivostok Rocks. V-ROX (Vladivostok Rocks) – International Music Festival and Conference. Location – Vladivostok, Far East Russia. Dates – last weekend of August. Years – 2013 - present. It’s a 3-days open-air city festival that claims Vladivostok as an international artistic beacon of Asia-Pacific. Music festival and international conference of music industry and contemporary cultural management. The unique opportunity for aspiring artists and producers to gain exposure to new audiences as well as leading international professionals. Founder and curator of V-ROX festival – Ilya Lagutenko (Mumiy Troll band)

There is a theatre for opera and ballet.[25]

Parks and squares

Parks and squares in Vladivostok city include Pokrovskiy Park, Minnyy Gorodok, Detskiy Razvlekatelnyy Park, Park of Sergeya Lazo, Admiralskiy Skver, Skver im. Neveskogo, Nagornyy Park, Skver im. Sukhanova, Fantaziya Park, Skver Rybatskoy Slavy, Skver im. A.I.Shchetininoy.

Pokrovskiy Park

Former cemetery. Converted into the park in 1934. Luna park was closed in 1990 by ethical reasons. The land of the park belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church from 1990. During the rebuilding of the Orthodox Church were found graves.

Minny Gorodok

Minny Gorodok is a 91 acres (37 ha) public park. Former military base, founded in 1880. Minny Gorodok means Mine Borough Park if translated from Russian language. The base used for storing of mines in underground storage. Converted into the park in 1985. The park contains several lakes and ponds, ice-skating rink.

Detsky Razvlekatelny Park

Detsky Razvlekatelny Park (a children's amusement park) is located in western side near to center of the city, in the neighborhood of city attractions Naberezhnaya and city fortress (museum). The park contains a carousel, gaming machines, ferris wheel, cafes, an aquarium, a cinema theater, a stadium, etc.

Admiralsky Skver

Admiralsky Skver. The landmark of the city located in the center. The Square is an open space, dominated by the Triumfalnaya Arka (Triumph Arch). In south side installed the museum of Soviet submarine S-56.

Pollution

Local ecologists from the Ecocenter organization have claimed that much of Vladivostok's suburbs are polluted and that living in them can be classified as a health hazard. The pollution has a number of causes, according to Ecocenter geo-chemical expert Sergey Shlykov. Vladivostok has about eighty industrial sites, which may not be many compared to Russia's most industrialized areas, but those around the city are particularly environmentally unfriendly, such as shipbuilding and repairing, power stations, printing, fur farming and mining. In addition, Vladivostok has a particularly vulnerable geography which compounds the effect of the pollution. Winds cannot clear pollution from some of the most densely populated areas around the Pervaya and Vtoraya Rechka as they sit in basins which the winds blow over. In addition, there is little snow in winter and no leaves or grass to catch the dust to make it settle down.[26]

Sports

Vladivostok is home to the football club FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, who plays in the Russian First Division, ice hockey club Admiral Vladivostok from the Kontinental Hockey League's Chernyshev Division, and basketball club Spartak Primorye, who plays in the Russian Basketball Super League.

International relations

U.S. Navy Officer takes part in a bread and salt ceremony, a traditional Slavic welcoming ceremony, after arriving in Vladivostok, July 1, 2007

Twin towns and sister cities

Vladivostok is twinned with:[27]

Notable people

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #161-KZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #179-KZ
  3. ↑ Official website of Vladivostok. About Vladivostok (Russian)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 72. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ Joana Breidenbach (2005). Pál Nyíri, Joana Breidenbach, ed. China inside out: contemporary Chinese nationalism and transnationalism (illustrated ed.). Central European University Press. p. 89. ISBN 963-7326-14-6. Retrieved 18 March 2012. Probably the first clash between the Russians and Chinese occurred in 1868. It was called the Manza War, Manzovskaia voina. "Manzy" was the Russian name for the Chinese population in those years. In 1868, the local Russian government decided to close down goldfields near Vladivostok, in the Gulf of Peter the Great, where 1,000 Chinese were employed. The Chinese decided that they did not want to go back, and resisted. The first clash occurred when the Chinese were removed from Askold Island,
  12. ↑ Joana Breidenbach (2005). Pál Nyíri, Joana Breidenbach, ed. China inside out: contemporary Chinese nationalism and transnationalism (illustrated ed.). Central European University Press. p. 90. ISBN 963-7326-14-6. Retrieved 18 March 2012. in the Gulf of Peter the Great. They organized themselves and raided three Russian villages and two military posts. For the first time, this attempt to drive the Chinese out was unsuccessful.
  13. ↑ "The Russian train experience". Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  14. ↑ Benjamin Isitt, "Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918," Canadian Historical Review, 87:2 (June 2006)
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