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6 days ago · Vladivostok, seaport and administrative center of Primorsky territory, extreme southeastern Russia. The town was founded in 1860 as a Russian military outpost and was named Vladivostok (variously interpreted as ‘Rule the East,’ ‘Lord of the East,’ or ‘Conqueror of the East’).
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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, located in the far east of Russia.
All Russian cities with at least 1 million people, labelled Federal subjects of Russia by population density. This is a list of cities and towns in Russia and parts of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine with a population of over 50,000 as of the 2021 Census.
City / TownRussian NameFederal SubjectFederal DistrictМоскваСанкт-ПетербургНовосибирскЕкатеринбургThis is a list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2010 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis, a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, was established in 2012 and granted town status in 2015.
- Geography of The Russian Far East
- Demographics of The Russian Far East
- History of The Russian Far East
The Russian Far East constitutes what is known as the Far East Federal District. This district is 6,952,600 sq. km in area, which make up more than 40% of all of Russia’s territory. It is bordered to the west by the Siberian Federal District. The most easterly extent of the Far East region borders the Bering Strait, across from which is the US stat...
Russia’s Far East Federal District is the least populous federal district in the country. It is home to roughly 6 million. Most of the population in the Russian Far East is concentrated in the district’s southern end, especially near the border with northeastern China. Ethnic Russians and Ukrainians make up the vast majority of the population in th...
The Russians reached the Pacific coast of what is now Russia’s Far East in 1647. In the mid-19thcentury, they managed to seize part of the Chinese region of Manchuria, including the coastal area on the Sea of Japan, where Vladivostok is located. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, the Russians lost the southern half of the island of Sakhalin. Aft...
Photo by Express to Russia staff. Russia’s 10th largest city is Rostov-on-Don, considered the capital of southern Russia and home to just over 1 million people. Rostov is the gateway to the Caucasus and lies near the mouth of the Azov Sea.
May 16, 2019 · A map showing cities in Russia's Far East. The Russian Far East is the Russian territory between Lake Baikal in Siberia and the Pacific Ocean. It is known as the Far Eastern Federal District. The region borders Mongolia, China, North Korea, and a maritime border with Japan and the United States.
