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VLADIVOSTOK

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

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drawback of Vladivostok is that it has not, and cannot have, a well-See also:developed See also:hinterland, despite the great efforts which have been made by the Russian government to See also:supply the Usuri region (to the See also:north of Vladivostok) with Russian settlers. The town of Vladivostok was founded in 1860-1861, and from 1865 to 1900 was a See also:free See also:port.

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