Vladivostok Travel Guide
Vladivostok (Владивосток) is situated in the extreme south-west of Russia on a peninsula that extends into the Sea of Japan (see map). With a population of roughly 650,000 inhabitants, Vladivostok serves as Russia's chief port on the Pacific, the terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway, plus the capital of the maritime territory, Primorsky Kray. Its port, which was off limits to foreign shipping from 1958 to 1991, is once again an important commercial port, as well as the home to Russia's Pacific fleet and a base for Russian fishing and whaling.
Founded as a military post in 1860, Vladivostok is relatively young compared with many Russian cities. Despite this fact, the city has seen an extremely colorful history. It served as an outpost for Russian expansion in the far east, a naval base for the Russian Empire, a supply depot for 2 world wars, a refuge for counterrevolutionaries, and a closed naval base of the Soviet Union.
In 1991 Vladivostok was officially reopened to foreigners and foreign shipping. Since this time it has quickly regained its title as a cosmopolitan city. Now there are foreign consulates, correspondent offices of international media, hundreds of foreign firms opening district offices and creating joint venture enterprises, plus scores of foreign students studying in the cities higher educational institutes.
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Phoning Vladivostok
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Additional Resources for Vladivostok, Russia
- Wikipedia: Vladivostok (eng)
- Wikipedia: Primorsky Krai (eng)
- Vladivostok News: Russian Far East’s first English language newspaper
- Vladivostok Times: English language online newspaper providing news about Vladivostok and the Russian Far East
- Consulate General of the United States in Vladivostok, Russia
- Vladivostok Fortress: History and photographs of the historic coastal defenses in Vladivostok, Russia (eng & rus)
- Sites below are in Russian. To translate the web page, click on Google Translate and enter the site address.
- Official site of the Vladivostok City Administration
- OldVladivostok.ru: History and photos of historic Vladivostok
- Vl.ru: City of Vladivostok internet portal
- "Daily News of Vladivostok": daily Vladivostok newspaper
- PrimaMedia.ru: Regional news agency covering news from Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, and the Russian Far East
- Deita.ru: News from the city of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai and the Russia's Far East
- PrimAfisha.ru: Vladivostok's entertainment guide including movies, theatre, clubs, circus, sports and more
