Vladivostok Владивосток

Friday, July 6, 2012

Vladivostok Владивосток

Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к) is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 meters (843 ft). The population of the city, according to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, is 592,069. The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.

The main buildings are The Maxim Gorky Academic Theater, The Arsenyev Primorye Museum (Приморский государственный объединенный музей имени В.К. Арсеньева), and The Church of Our Lady's Protection ( Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы).