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Vladivostok

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(vlă´´dĭvŏ'stŏk, –vӘstŏk', Rus. vlä´´dyēvӘstôk'), city (1989 pop. 634,000), capital of Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), Russian Far East, on a peninsula that extends between two bays of the Sea of Japan. It is the chief Russian port on the Pacific (kept open in winter by icebreakers), the terminus of the Trans-Siberian RR and the Northern Sea Route (see Northeast Passage ), the chief base of the Russian navy in the Pacific, and a base for fishing and whaling fleets. The city has large shipyards, railyards, chemical and engineering factories, fish canneries, and food plants. Valdivostok is connected to Russky Island, to the southwest, by a 1.9-mi (3.1-km) bridge (opened 2012). The city is the chief cultural center in the Russian Far East. Among its many educational institutions are the Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Far Eastern Univ. (reopened 1956). Russians and Ukrainians comprise most of the city's population. Russia founded a military post on the…
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(vlă´´dĭvŏ'stŏk, –vӘstŏk', Rus. vlä´´dyēvӘstôk'), city (1989 pop. 634,000), capital of Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), Russian Far East, on a peninsula that extends between two bays of the Sea of Japan. It is the chief Russian port on the Pacific (kept open in winter by icebreakers), the…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City on the western shore of the Sea of Japan, on a peninsula extending into Peter the Great Bay; population (2002) 594,700; (2006 est) 583,700. It is the capital of the Primorski (Maritime) Krai of the Russian Federation, and one of the most important economic and cultural centres of the Russian…
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From Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
1974 The Vladivostok accords was a strategic arms control agreement signed by President Gerald Ford and Soviet president Leonid Brezhnev in November 1974. It followed on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Treaty (SALT I) and was intended to lay the foundation for a SALT II treaty that would be…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Seaport city (pop., 2006 est.: 583,673), southeastern Russia, in Asia. Founded in 1860 as a Russian military outpost, it became the main Russian naval base on the Pacific Ocean in 1872. It became a free commercial port about 1900 and grew rapidly as a military base after the Russian Revolution of…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Seaport city, ✽ of Primorskiy Kray, SE Russia in Asia, at the S tip of a peninsula extending into Peter the Great Bay; pop. (2002c) 594,701; its harbor, the Golden Horn, is an inlet of Amur Bay; E terminus of Trans-Siberian R.R., principal Russian Pacific seaport, and main base of the Russian…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sunshine(average hours per day) Temperatures Discomfort from heat and humidity Precipitation and humidity Wet days(more than 1 mm/0.04 in) Average daily Highest recorded Lowest recorded Relative humidity Average monthly precipitation minimum maximum 0700 1300 °C °F °C °F °C °F °C °F % mm in Jan 6…
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