"Vladivostok"

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Vladivostok is a city and port in the Far East of Russia; the political, cultural, scientific, educational and economic center of the region; the administrative center of the Primorsky Territory, the Vladivostok urban district, and since December 13, 2018, the center of the Far Eastern Federal District. Located on the Muravyov-Amur Peninsula, 5 rural settlements and islands in Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan are subordinate to the city.

The final point of the Trans-Siberian Railway. One of the largest seaports of the Far Eastern Basin. Main base of the Pacific Fleet. The largest scientific and educational center of the Far Eastern region, including the Far Eastern Federal University and the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Founded as a military post "Vladivostok" in 1860, in 1880 received the status of a city. Since 1888 - the administrative center of the Primorsky region, since 1938 - Primorsky Krai.

Since October 12, 2015, it has been a free port (a port zone that enjoys special customs, tax, investment and related regulation regimes).

Population - person (year), the twenty-sixth largest city in Russia.

Etymology
The name "Vladivostok" is formed from the words "to own" and "East", by analogy with Vladikavkaz (1784).

In Chinese from the Qing era, the name Haishenwei or Haishenwei (/) is common, which means “trepang Bay”. Now in China officially accepted transcription from Russian (Fuladivosytoke), but the name Haishenwai is still widely used. Maps published in Taiwan use only Haishenwai, and maps in China give it in parentheses.

In Japanese, during the Meiji period, a consonant hieroglyphic name was chosen for Vladivostok (urajio, “Salt Bay”). Today, the Japanese mostly write foreign toponyms katakana (Uradziosutoku), and the hieroglyphic spelling is almost non-existent.

Physical and geographical characteristics

Geographical situation
Vladivostok occupies the Muravyov-Amur Peninsula. The territory within the boundaries of the settlement is 325.99 km2.

It stretches for a distance of about 30 km from south to north and almost 10 km from west to east (without the Peschanoe Peninsula), is washed by the waters of the Amur and Ussuri gulfs, which are part of the waters of Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan.

The city, together with five rural settlements and about 50 islands of Peter the Great Bay, forms the Vladivostok city district with a total area of 590.14 km2, including an area within the boundaries of six settlements - 441.05 km2.

The river network is underdeveloped, highly regulated, represented mainly by small rivers and streams. The largest and most significant among them: Explanations, First River, Second River, Sedanka, Rich – all flow from east to west and, except for the Explanation River, flow into the Amur Bay. On the rivers Sedanka and Rich there are reservoirs.

The highest point of the historical part of the city is the hill of the Eagle's Nest with a height of 199 m above sea level (according to other sources)