Vladivostok is the major city in the Russian Far East. It is industrial, transport, scientific and cultural center and the biggest ocean port of Russia on the pacific coast. As much as almost 47% of its population are somehow involved in industry, transport, and communication. The main industries of Vladivostok are engineering and fishing. Vostoktransflot and Dalmoreproduct (major fish shipment and processing companies) whose fishing boats and floating fish factories operate not only inside the Pacific, but also in the Indian and Arctic Oceans, providing employment to many thousands of fish-men. Most (90%) of the catch is processed directly on the board of the ships in the open ocean.

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Those, who ever visited Vladivostok, had surely noticed some concrete structures on the hilltops and in the basement of mountains, in the seaside and along local roads. The travelers entering the city by car can also see fortification lines on the hills of the Sedanka River vicinity. All together these structures are called the Fortress of Vladivostok.

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The battery is situated in the southern part of Russky Island 400 km away from Novik Inlet. It consists of two towers three cannons each.
Voroshilovskaya battery is remarkable by the pace it had been established with. K.Ye. Voroshilov, Minister of Defense, approved the project in 1931. Only two years later the battery had been completed. Until now the visitors can see the emblems of Young Communist International drawn on the walls, the evidence of Komsomol members (Young Communist League) participation in the battery construction.

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Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосток) is a city in Russia. It is the home port of the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. The city’s name means “controlling the East” in Russian; in the Chinese language, the city is known as 海參崴 (pinyin: Hishēnwi or Hishēnwēi) — “Sea Cucumber Marsh.”

Geography
Vladivostok is in the Russian Far East, on the coast of the Sea of Japan and near both the Chinese border and the Japanese island of Honshu.

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Photo: courtesy of V.K.Arsenyev Museum
British soldiers on the march in the hills above Vladivostok in the Civil War period

Vladivostok is the end of the world for the British, a city whose name promises adventure. Perhaps for this reason, links with Britain go back to the beginning of its history. As the city grew up, British merchants came to try their luck in the East, polite society organized tea parties and balls, and troops gave their lives fighting the Bolsheviks.

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The history of Vladivostok can roughly be divided into the history of the territory where Vladivostok is located and into the history of the city per se.

Indigenous and Chinese Influence
The area was successively settled by ancient peoples and kingdoms such as the Mohe, Goguryeo, and Balhae, as well as the Khitans and the Jurchens.

On Chinese maps of Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) it is called Yongmingcheng (永明城 literally “walled city of eternal light”). During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) it was visited by Chinese expeditions, and a relic of that time - a Chongning stelae - is displayed in the local museum. The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 defined the area as a part of China, under the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Later on, as the Manchus banned Han Chinese from this area - it was only visited by shēnzéi (”ginseng/sea cucumber thieves”) who illegally entered the area seeking for ginseng (參 shēn) or sea cucumbers (same character).

A French ship which is believed to visit the area around 1858 discovered several huts (fángzi) of Chinese or Manchu fishermen.

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Vladivostok Opens Doors to the World

VLADIVOSTOK, Far East — Bathed by the Sea of Japan but controlled by Moscow, Vladivostok has always presented two faces to the world.

Its open face was that of Russia’s San Francisco — a rollicking, cosmopolitan seaport that was the childhood home of Yul Brynner.

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Vladimir Sayapin / Itar-TassLike San Francisco, Vladivostok is situated on a hill on a bay, but the similarities end there - Vladivostok prides itself on its hardbitten naval history and Pacific Fleet.l

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