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Vlaivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к (help·info)) is Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. It is situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay not far from the Russo-Chinese border and North Korea. It is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet.

Trivia about vladivostok

  • Built between 1891 & 1916, the Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Chelyabinsk to this Pacific city
  • This city is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway & home to the Soviet Pacific fleet
  • This Russian port on the Pacific is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad
  • During WWII this city whose name means "rule the East" was the main Pacific port for supplies the U.S. sent to Russia
  • Juneau has several sister cities including Whitehorse in the Yukon & this port in Southeastern Siberia
  • This seaport was founded by Nikolai Muravyov in 1860 & it soon became Russia's main naval base in the Pacific

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