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Encyclopedia Britannica



VLADIVOSTOK

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 170 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
VLADIVOSTOK , the
chief
  Russian seaport and naval station on the Pacific Ocean, situated at the southern extremity (43 7' N. and 131 55' E.) of the Maritime Province, not far from the point where that government touches both Manchuria and Korea (Cho-sen). It is connected by rail with Khabarovsk (479 M. N.N.E.), the
capital
  of the Amur region, and with
Chita
  in Transbaikalia (1362 m.) via Ninguta, Kharbin, Tsitsikar and Khailar. Pop. (1900) 38,000. The town stands on Peter the Great Gulf, occupying the northern shore of one of its horn-like expansions, which the Russians have called the Golden Horn. The depth of the Eastern Bosporus ranges from 13 to 20 fathoms, and that of the Golden Horn from 5 to 13, the latter affording a spacious harbour. The hills are covered with forests of oak, lime, birch, maple, cork,
walnut
 , acacia, ash,
aspen
 , poplar, elm, apple, pear and wild cherry, with a rich undergrowth of the most varied shrubs. Excellent, timber is supplied by
oak and
cedar
  forests not far off. The climate, however, is severe, as compared with that of corresponding latitudes in Europe. Though
standing
  in almost the same parallel as Marseilles, Vladivostok has an average annual temperature of only 40 F., and, although the gulf itself never freezes, a thin ice-crust forms along the shores in December and remains until April. The town has several handsome buildings, a monument to Admiral Nevelskiy (1897), a cathedral, a museum, an observatory, an Oriental institute (opened in 1899), professional schools, a naval
hospital
 
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, mechanical and naval works, steam saw-mills and flour-mills. The
drawback
  of Vladivostok is that it has not, and cannot have, a well-developed hinterland, despite the great efforts which have been made by the Russian government to
supply
  the Usuri region (to the north of Vladivostok) with Russian settlers. The town of Vladivostok was founded in 1860-1861, and from 1865 to 1900 was a free port.


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