Vladivostok

Overview

Vlostok is a pearl of the Russian Far East, its capital and the largest city with the population of 659'000 people. It was founded on July 2, 1860 by Colonel Paul F. department of East Siberian military district.(For more details see History section).

Once created as a citadel against enemies' invasion Vladivostok stood guard for many years. The city covers over 600 sq. km and lies on the shore of the Pacific Ocean at the Muraviyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.

The city has magnificent old and new buldings,monuments and a lot of other sights to wander around.

Other facts:

⿝The highest point is the Orlinoye Gnezdo Mountain (Eagle's Nest). The height of the Mountain is 214 m

⿝ The mean annual temperature is +5 C, the temperature in January is -14 C, the temperature in August is +24 C The annual precipitation is 765 mm

⿝ Railroad distance to Moscow is 9302 km

⿝ Direct distance to Moscow is 9302 km.

⿝ Direct distance to Bangkok is 5600 km, to San_Francisco - 8400 km, to Seoul - 750 km, to Tokyo - 1050 km.

⿝ Vladivostok is a sister-city of San-Diego and Tacoma (USA), Niiagata, Akita and Hakodate (Japan), Pusan (Korea) and Palyan (China).

History