Vladivostok
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. The population of the city at the census of 2019 was 605,049. The highest point of historical part of Vladivostok is Eagle's Nest Hill (199 m), but the highest point of Vladivostok City District is unnamed mountain named by citizens as Blue Hill (474 m).
| Vladivostok (English) Владивосток (Russian) | |
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| 250px Clockwise from top: Square of the Fighters for Soviet Power in the Far East, City entrance sign, Primorsky Krai Administration in the city center, Zolotoy Rog Bay, 9288th kilometer stone | |
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| City Day | First Sunday of July |
| Administrative status (as of November 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administratively subordinated to | Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction |
| Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
| Urban okrug | Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug |
| Head | Vacant[1] |
| Representative body | City Duma |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 331.16 km2 (127.86 sq mi)[2] |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 592,034 inhabitants[3] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 22nd |
| Density | 1,788/km2 (4,631/sq mi)[4] |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+11:00) |
| Founded | July 2, 1860[5] |
| City status since | April 22, 1880 |
| Postal code(s) | 690xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 423[6] |
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Vladivostok was controlled by the Russian Empire from 1860-1917, ruled by Tsar Alexander II,Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Tsar Nicholas II. British, Japanese, and other foreign intervention forces controlled the city during the Russian Civil War. Bolshevik Red Army forces of the Soviet Union took control in 1922 and the Russian Federation has ruled it since 1991. It is the main economic and cultural center of the Russian Far East and an important tourism destination.
Vladivostok Media
Steamship-corvette America on the Golden Horn Bay
General view of Vladivostok, 1880
Intersection of Svetlanskaya and Aleutskaya streets in the 1910s
City plan of Vladivostok, 1911
American troops marching on Vladivostok following the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918
Downtown Vladivostok in 1982
Map of Vladivostok area, USSR (present-day Russia)
Aerial view of Vladivostok and the Golden Horn Bay in 2014
Vladivostok and surrounding region (DMA, 1988)
Vladivostok City department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
References
- ↑ "Обвиняемый во взятках мэр Владивостока подал в отставку".
- ↑ "Генеральный план Владивостока". Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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- ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 72. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
- ↑ (in ru) Ростелеком завершил перевод Владивостока на семизначную нумерацию телефонов. 2011-07-12. http://fedpress.ru/federal/econom/tek/id_238747.html. Retrieved 2016-11-26.