Vladivostok facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Vladivostok (English)Владивосток (Russian) |
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Clockwise from top: Square of the Fighters for Soviet Power in the Far East, City entrance sign, Primorsky Krai Administration in the city center, Zolotoy Rog Bay, 9288th kilometer stone |
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City Day | First Sunday of July |
Administrative status (as of November 2011) | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
Administratively subordinated to | Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction |
Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
Urban okrug | Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug |
Administrative center of | Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug |
Head | Vacant |
Representative body | City Duma |
Statistics | |
Area | 331.16 km2 (127.86 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
592,034 inhabitants |
- Rank in 2010 | 22nd |
Density | 1,788/km2 (4,631/sq mi) |
Time zone | VLAT (UTC+11:00) |
Founded | July 2, 1860 |
City status since | April 22, 1880 |
Postal code(s) | 690xxx |
Dialing code(s) | +7 423 |
Official website: http://www.vlc.ru |
Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к) is a city on the Pacific Ocean shore of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok was founded on 2 July 1860. The east end of the Trans-Siberian railway is there. The city is the home of the Russian Pacific Fleet. The population of the city at the census of 2019 was 605,049. The highest point of historical part of Vladivostok is Eagle's Nest Hill (199 m), but the highest point of Vladivostok City District is unnamed mountain named by citizens as Blue Hill (474 m).
Images for kids
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American troops marching on Vladivostok following the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918
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Russians walking by the Pacific Ocean in Vladivostok
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Manor of Julius Bryner, in front of which stands the statue of his grandson Juli (the actor Yul Brynner), Aleutskaya St.
See also
In Spanish: Vladivostok para niños