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Vladivostok (/ ˌ v l æ d ɪ ˈ v ɒ s t ɒ k / VLAD-iv-OST-ok; Russian: Владивосток, IPA: [vlədʲɪvɐˈstok] ⓘ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.
Sep 5, 2024 · Vladivostok is the chief educational and cultural centre of the Russian Far East. It is the site of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Far Eastern State University (founded 1920), and medical, art education, polytechnic, trade, and marine-engineering institutes.
Vladivostok, Russia. With its steep hills and suspension bridges backdropped by the ocean, Vladivostok often draws comparisons to its Pacific sister, San Francisco—but this seaport city is no copycat sibling.
With its hills offering stunning views of the Pacific Ocean, almost-daily fog and trams (now mostly gone), some optimistic locals proudly called it Russia’s ‘San Francisco’.
Vladivostok’s topography is challenging for those keen on discovering a new city by foot. There are more than 20 hills in Vladivostok, which locals call ‘ sopka ’ (small hill). One of the...
The area that is now Vladivostok was ruled by various states, including the Mohe, the Goguryeo, the Balhae and the later Liao, Jīn and Ming dynasties. The land was ceded by China to Russia as a result of the Treaty of Aigun of 1858 and the Treaty of Peking of 1860.
Vladivostok is a mysterious entity saturated with sea salt and wind. It is a Russian city, but is it Asian or European? Is it the center of a new world, or is it an ambitious world’s end?
Vladivostok [dead link] (Russian: Владивосто́к, vlah-dee-vah-STOHK) is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia 's largest port to the Pacific Ocean, and the base for the Pacific Fleet. With 600,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city in the Russian Far East, after Khabarovsk.
Vladivostok is the city in southeastern Russia, administrative center of Primorye Territory, located on Bukhta Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn Bay). Vladivostok is the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, Russia's major Pacific seaport, and the main base of its Pacific fleet.
Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к) is a city on the Pacific Ocean shore of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok was founded on 2 July 1860. The east end of the Trans-Siberian railway is there. The city is the home of the Russian Pacific Fleet.
