| Primorsky Krai (English) Приморский край (Russian) |
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.svg/200px-Map_of_Russia_-_Primorsky_Krai_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Primorsky Krai |
 Flag of Primorsky Krai |
| Anthem: none | |
| Administrative center | Vladivostok |
| Established | October 20, 1938 |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Krai Far Eastern Far Eastern |
| Code | 25 |
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165,900 km² 23rd |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
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2,071,210 inhabitants 26th 12. Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. A flag is a piece of Cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used Symbolically for signaling or identification A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia is a Federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal This article is about an administrative division of the federal government of Russia Russia is divided into twelve economic regions (экономи́ческие райо́ны ekonomicheskiye rayony, sing The Russian Federation is divided into 83 subjects, of which nine are krais, or krays ("territories" sing The Far Eastern Federal District (Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг Dalnevostochny federalny okrug) is the largest of the seven Far Eastern economic region (Дальневосто́чный экономи́ческий райо́н tr Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Russia 's area is about 17 million square kilometers (65 million sq Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried 5 inhab. / km² 78. 3% 21. 7% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Government | |
| Governor | Sergey Darkin |
| First Vice-Governor | Alexander Kostenko |
| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly |
| Charter | Charter of Primorsky Krai |
| Official website | |
| http://www.primorsky.ru/ | |
Primorsky Krai (Russian: Примо́рский край) also known as Primorye (Примо́рье), is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Sergey Mikhaylovich Darkin (Серге́й Миха́йлович Да́рькин (b A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation The term basic law is used in some places as an alternative to " Constitution " implying it is a temporary but necessary measure without formal enactment A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Russia is a Federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Krai or kray (край is a term used to refer to nine of Russia 's 83 federal subjects. Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province.
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Geography
- Borders length — over 3,000 kilometers (1,860 mi), including 1,350 kilometers (840 mi) of the sea borders.
- Highest peak — Anik Mountain, 1,933 meters (6,342 ft)
- Average life expectancy in 1994 — 62. Anik Mountain (гора Аник is the highest peak of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age 5 years (male — 56. 8, female — 69. 4).
- Railroads length — 1,628 kilometers (1,012 mi) (of which 345 kilometers (214 mi) are electrified).
- Automobile roads length — 12,633 kilometers (7,850 mi)
Primorsky Krai, bordered by China, North Korea, and warm, but freezing in winter waters of the Sea of Japan, is the extreme South-Eastern region of Russia, located between 42° and 48° North Latitude and 130° and 139° East Longitude. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending It is stretched in the meridianal direction, the distance from its extreme Northern point to the extreme Southern point totals about 900 kilometers (559 mi). This article is about the geographical concept For other uses of the word see Meridian. Highlands dominate the territory of the krai. Krai or kray (край is a term used to refer to nine of Russia 's 83 federal subjects. Most of the territory is mountainous, and almost 80% is forested. The average elevation is about 500 meters (1,640 ft). Sikhote-Alin is a mountainous formation, extending for the most part of the Krai. The Sikhote-Alin (Сихотэ-Алинь also spelled Sikhotae-Alin) is a Mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais Russia It consists of a number of parallel ranges: the Partizansky, the Siny (Blue), the Kholodny (Cold), and others. There are many karst caves in the South of Primorye. Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble Bedrock, usually Carbonate rock such as Limestone The relatively accessible Spyashchaya Krasavitsa cave (the Sleeping Beauty) in the Ussuriysky Nature Preserve could be recommended for tourists. There are comparatively well-preserved fragments of the ancient volcanoes in the area. The ranges are cut by the picturesque narrow and deep valleys of the rivers and by large brooks, such as the Partizanskaya, the Kiyevka, the Zerkalnaya, the Cheryomukhovaya, the Yedinka, the Samarga, the Bikin, and the Bolshaya Ussurka. Most rivers in the Krai have rocky bottoms and limpid water. Krai or kray (край is a term used to refer to nine of Russia 's 83 federal subjects. The largest among them is the Ussuri, with a length of 903 kilometers (561 mi). The Ussuri River is a River in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. The head of the Ussuri River originates 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the East of Oblachnaya Mountain. The Ussuri River is a River in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. The vast Prikhankayskaya Lowland extends into the West and the South-West of Primorye, carpeted by coniferous-deciduous forests. A part of the Lowland surrounding the largest lake in the Russian Far East, Khanka Lake, is occupied by a forest-steppe. Russian Far East (Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и ˈdalʲnʲɪj vʌˈstok rʌˈsʲiɪ is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i Khanka Lake (о́зеро Ха́нка) is a transboundary freshwater body located on the border between Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China and
The geographic location of Primorye accounts for the variety of its flora - there are the mountainous tundra areas, conifers and coniferous-deciduous forests, forest-steppe, which is sometimes called the Far Eastern Prairie, where the ancient plant species have been preserved: the ferns, the lotus, the Chozenia Willow, etc. In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all A fern is any one of a group of about 20000 Species of Plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta Nelumbo is a Genus of aquatic plants with large showy Water lily -like flowers commonly known as Lotus or sacred lotus The fauna of Primorye is also diverse, the following animals are found in the Krai: the Ussuri black bear (Ursus thibetanis), the Amur tiger, the leopard, the lynx, the wild boar, the Manchurian deer (Cervus elaphus xanthopygos), the roe deer, the musk deer, the goral (Nemorhaedus goral), the sika deer, the sable, the mandarinka duck (Aix galericulata), the black stork (Ciconia nigra), the scaly goosander (Mergus squamatus), the Japanese starling (Sturnia philippensis), the black griffon (Aegypius monachus), the large-winged cuckoo (Cuculidae family), and others. Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time Krai or kray (край is a term used to refer to nine of Russia 's 83 federal subjects. The Siberian tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica) also known as the Amur tiger, Manchurian tiger, or Ussuri tiger, is a rare Subspecies The leopard (lɛpɚd Panthera pardus) is an Old World Mammal of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four roaring A lynx is any of four medium-sized wild cats. All are members of the Genus Lynx, but there is considerable confusion about the best way to classify The boar or wild boar ( Sus scrofa) is an Omnivorous, gregarious Mammal of the biological family Suidae. The Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest Deer species The European Roe Deer ( Capreolus capreolus) is a Deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions Musk deer are Artiodactyls of the genus Moschus, the only genus of family Moschidae. The Himalayan Goral ( Naemorhedus goral) also known as the Gray Goral, is a small rough-haired cylindrical-horned Ruminant native to the Himalayas The Sika Deer ( Cervus nippon) is a member of the deer family Cervidae that inhabits much of East Asia. SABLE is an XML Markup language used to annotate texts for Speech synthesis. The Mandarin Duck ( Aix galericulata) or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized Perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the Stork family Ciconiidae. The Chinese Merganser, or Scaly-sided Merganser, Mergus squamatus, is a typical merganser. Aegypius redirects here For the hero see Aegypius (mythology The Eurasian Black Vulture ( Aegypius monachus) is also known as the The cuckoos are a family Cuculidae, of Near passerine Birds The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos also includes the Among 690 species of birds inhabiting the territory of the former USSR, 350 are found in Primorye. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
Primorye is one of the few places where the forests are still pristine, comparable in terms of passability to a tropical jungle. The climate conditions of the Krai are also extraordinary. Krai or kray (край is a term used to refer to nine of Russia 's 83 federal subjects. All this makes Primorye one of the unique regions of the Earth, and it undoubtedly must excite the interest of all lovers of nature and those willing to test their strength.
Time zone
Primorsky Krai is located in the Vladivostok Time Zone (VLAT/VLAST). UTC offset is +1000 (VLAT)/+1100 (VLAST).
Climate
- Average annual temperature — near 1 °C (33. 8 °F) in the North of the krai, 5. 5 °C (41. 9 °F) on the southern coast.
- Average annual precipitation — 600–850 mm. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric
Ancient history
According to archaeological data, the first inhabitants of Primorsky Krai were the Palaeasiatic and Tungus peoples. Primorsky Krai (Примо́рский край also known as They probably appeared in this area 50-60 thousand years ago in the Paleolithic period. The term Paleolithic (or Palaeolithic) (from Greek παλαιός palaios, " Old " and λίθος Lithos, "stone" The descendants of the Tungus-speaking tribes are still inhabiting Primorye and Priamurye. Primorye may refer to Primorye, informal name of Primorsky Krai, Russia Primorye (urban-type settlement, an urban-type settlement Amur Oblast (Аму́рская о́бласть Amurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) situated about 8000 km These are the Nanai, the Orochs and the Udege. The Nanai people (self name нани tr "nani" Russian: нанайцы tr Not to be confused with the Oroqen of China or the Oroks of Sakhalin Island. Udege ( Удэгейцы in Russian; Ethnonym: удээ and удэхе, or udee and udehe correspondingly are a people who live in
From 698 to 926, the Korean kingdom of Balhae occupied northern Korea and parts of Manchuria and Primorsky Krai, consisting of the above-mentioned people and the people of the recently fallen Goguryeo kingdom of Korea. Alternate meaning Bohai Sea Balhae (698 - 926 ( Bohai in Chinese, Пархэ in Russian) was an Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and Balhae was an early feudal medieval state of Eastern Asia, which developed its industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, and had its own cultural traditions and art. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed Animal husbandry, also called Animal science, stockbreeding or simple husbandry, is the agricultural practice of breeding People of Balhae maintained political, economic and cultural contacts with the Chinese Tang dynasty, as well as Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
From 1115 to 1234, the southern area of the modern Russian Far East was occupied by a more powerful state — The Jurchen Empire, also called the Jin Dynasty. Russian Far East (Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и ˈdalʲnʲɪj vʌˈstok rʌˈsʲiɪ is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i The Jurchens ( were a Tungus people who inhabited the region of Manchuria ( Northeast China) until the 17th century when they adopted the name Manchu This is an article for the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115–1234 For other Chinese dynasties whose names are also rendered "Jin" in Pinyin, see Jin Dynasty The Jurchen were a Tungusic people. Nomadic stock raising and common agriculture formed their economic basis. Nomadic people, (from the νομάδες nomádes, "those who let pasture herds" also known as nomads, are communities of people that Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture They also developed a metallurgical industry, shipbuilding, and the manufacture of luxury articles. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a The Jin Dynasty conducted independent foreign and domestic policies. The Jurchen established close contacts with the southern Chinese Song dynasty, Korea and Japan. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Having conquered northern China, the Jurchens dominated the territory for a long time.
The Jin Dynasty crumbled as a result of the Genghis Khan invasion. Genghis Khan ( or;, Chinggis Khaan, ʧiŋgɪs χaːŋ Činggis Qaɣan; 1162–1227 born (meaning "ironworker" was the Mongol founder The Mongols destroyed all cities, ports, and the fleet of the Jurchens. They killed, or turned into slaves most of the country's population. The survivors hid themselves from the Mongols in the forests, river valleys, and the remote reas of the Amur and Zabaykalye, the Okhotsky coast and parts of Sakhalin island. The Sea of Okhotsk ( Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре English Transliteration: Okhotskoye More) is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated As time went on, the people forgot the trades developed by the Balhae people and the Jurchen. They got used to collecting the taiga's gifts, fishing and hunting wild animals. Taiga (ˈtaɪgə from Turkic or Mongolian) is a Biome characterized by Coniferous forests For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade.
Modern history
For many centuries these rich lands, unique in the structure of flora and fauna, had not been cultivated. In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time In the beginning of the 17th century, when the Russians first appeared in this land, the forefathers of today's small ethnic groups of the Far East were a primitive society. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar It should be noted that the Mongols, the invaders of the Mongol Empire, did not settle in Primorye, but left for China and the Central Asian steppes. The Mongol Empire ( Mongolyn Ezent Güren or mn Их Mонгол улс Ikh Mongol Uls; 1206–1368 was the largest contiguous Empire China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National In physical Geography, a steppe ( German, from степь - "a flat and arid land" степ - /stɛp/ тал - tal дала - /dɑlɑ/ pronounced
According to the Nerchinsk Treaty of 1689 between Russia and China, lands south of the Stanovoy Mountains, including Primorye, were Chinese territory. The Treaty of Nerchinsk (Russian Нерчинский договор Chinese 尼布楚 條約 Pinyin Níbùchǔ tiáoyuē was the first treaty between Russia and the Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Stanovoy Range (Станово́й хребе́т Chinese: 外兴安岭 or Outer Khingan Range, also spelled as Stanovoy Range, is a Mountain However, with the weakening of the Qing Empire in the second half of the 19th century, Russia began its expansion into the area. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar In 1858 the towns of Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk were founded. Khabarovsk (Хаба́ровск xʌ'barɘfsk) is the administrative center and the largest city of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Blagoveshchensk (Благове́щенск is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7985 km east of
In 1858, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky signed the Aigun Treaty with China, which was followed by the Beijing Treaty two years later. Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy) (Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский The Treaty of Aigun was the Russian Chinese treaty that established the modern borders of the Russian Far East and northern China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Convention of Peking or the First Convention of Peking is the name used for three different treaties which were concluded between Qing China and the Under these treaties, the Russian-Chinese border was moved south to the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The Ussuri River is a River in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. This granted Russia possession of Primorye. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
In the period from 1859 to 1882 ninety five settlements had been established in Primorye, including Vladivostok, Ussuriysk, Razdolnoye, Vladimiro-Aleksandrovskoye, Shkotovo, Pokrovka, Tury Rog, and Kamen-Rybolov. Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. Ussuriysk (Уссури́йск is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated in the middle of a fertile valley at the junction of three rivers at. Shkotovo ( Russian: Шкотово,) is an Urban-type settlement and a Railway station in Shkotovsky District, Primorsky Krai Pokrovka may refer to Pokrovka Moscow Oblast, a former suburban (dacha settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia since 2004—a village* Pokrovka Oktyabrsky Kamen-Rybolov (Ка́мень-Рыболо́в lit Stone Fisher) is a village ( selo) and the administrative center of Khankaysky The major occupations of the population were the agricultural, hunting and fishing trades, involving more than two-thirds of the territory's inhabitants.
At the end of the 19th century, the coal-mining industry started developing. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. The territory also exported sea-kale, antlers of young Siberian stag, timber, crabs, dried fish, and trepangs. Antlers are the usually large and complex horn -like appendages of most Deer species mostly worn by males only for some species such as Caribou by both Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or Crabs are decapod Crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (βραχύ / brachy Stockfish is unsalted Fish, especially Cod, dried by sun and wind on wooden racks on the foreshore called flakes, or in special drying houses The sea cucumber (also known as trepang, bêche-de-mer, or ambiguously Sea slug) is an Echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea Thus, it took Primorye about half a century to enter into the all-Russian economic and cultural process, and to establish close contacts with the countries of the Asian Pacific region. This was accomplished through the efforts of the territory's population, and the Russian and foreign capital inflow to the area.
From 1922, after the Civil War in Primorye ended, economic, scientific, and cultural development of the territory followed the plans of the Bolsheviks who had won in Russia. The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending During the first ten years of Soviet Power, the cultural sphere struggled against the "bourgeois ideology". The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 An ideology is a set of beliefs aims and Ideas especially in politics As a result music, theater, fine arts, and literature in Primorye had to begin almost at the beginning, on the ruins of the pre-Revolutionary culture. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Fine art is any Art form developed primarily for Aesthetics rather than Utility. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter The priority in economy was set on the primary industries - mining and fishing in particular. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Railroad and sea transport was also being developed at the time, accompanied with the intensive ports construction works. By the early 1990s the once small enterprises had developed into large companies. These are Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO or DVMP), Dalmoreprodukt, Vladivostok base of Trawling and Refrigerating Fleet (VBTRF), Active Marine Fisheries Base of Nakhodka, Vostok Mining Company, Progress Arsenyev Aircraft Works, etc. Nakhodka (Нахо́дка is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Arsenyev (Арсе́ньев is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located at. The Fishing and Marine Transport Fleet of Primorye had worked in all regions of the world's oceans. Numerous enterprises of the Military Industrial Complex were established in Primorye. In the 1970s, Primorye witnessed an intensive development of science. Today Vladivostok boasts such worldwide known scientific-research institutions as Biology and Soil Institute, The Pacific Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, Institute of Marine Biology, The Pacific Institute of Geography, The Pacific Oceanological Institute, a total of more than 10 Institutes of Far Eastern Division of Russian Academy of Sciences (DVO RAN). Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National Vladivostok is also the home of the DVO RAN presidium. Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai.
Economy
Primorsky Krai's economy, the most balanced in the Russian Far East, is also the largest in absolute terms. Russian Far East (Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и ˈdalʲnʲɪj vʌˈstok rʌˈsʲiɪ is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i Food production is the most important sector, represented mainly by fish processing. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an In the Fishing industry, fish processing or fish products industry refers to processing Fish delivered by Fisheries, which are the Annual catch exceeds two million tonnes, or one half of the Russian Far East total. This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton. Second is machine building, where half of the output is geared toward the fishing industry and shipyards. The fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking culturing processing preserving storing transporting marketing or selling fish or fish products Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military Defense is another important sector, producing naval vessels and military aircraft. The arms industry is a global Industry and Business which Manufactures and sells Weapons and Military technology and equipment. The construction materials industry here provides for the whole Russian Far East. In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure Lead smelting is conducted in the coastal town of Rudnaya Pristan. Rudnaya Pristan (Ру́дная При́стань lit Ore Wharf) is a village ( selo) located at the mouth of the
The timber industry, though in recession, is still second only to Khabarovsk Krai's with an annual yield of about 3 million cubic meters of timber. Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or A recession is a contraction phase of the Business cycle. The U Khabarovsk Krai (Хаба́ровский край Khabarovsky kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a Krai) located in the Russian Far Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or Primorsky Krai is the largest coal producer in the Russian Far East and generates more electricity than any other Russian Far East administrative division, but power shortages are common. Agriculture is also important; the Krai produces rice, milk, eggs, and vegetables. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the Mammary glands of female Mammals (including Monotremes. An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals consisting of an Ovum surrounded by layers of Membranes and an outer casing which acts to nourish The term " vegetable " generally means the edible parts of Plants The definition of the word is traditional rather than Scientific, however
Primorsky Krai is the Russian Far East's banking and finance center. A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated It has more than 100 banks and affiliates and well-developed futures and stock exchanges. A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money A futures exchange is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized Futures contracts; that is a contract to buy specific quantities of a Commodity A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a Corporation or Mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for Stock
The Krai's proximity to Pacific Rim markets gives it an edge over most other Russian Far East administrative divisions in developing foreign trade. International trade is exchange of Capital, Goods, and Services across International borders or Territories. Major trade items are seafood products, timber products, and ferrous metals. Seafood is any Sea Animal or Seaweed that is served as Food, or is suitable for eating particularly saltwater animals such Major trading partners are Japan, China, and Korea. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
Primorsky Krai's compact territory is well endowed with infrastructure. Infrastructure typically refers to the technical structures that support a society such as Roads Water supply, Wastewater, Power grids Its railway density is twice the Russian average. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Railroads connect it with China and North Korea. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Vladivostok, the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway, was surpassed as a port by the nearby Nakhodka-Vostochny Port container, coal and timber terminals. Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. The Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad (Транссибирская магистраль Транссиб in Russian, or Transsibirskaya magistral' Nakhodka (Нахо́дка is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Vostochny Port (Восто́чный порт is the largest Port in the Russian Far East, located on the territory of Primorsky Krai. Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or Primorsky Krai-based shipping companies provide 80% of marine shipping services in the Russian Far East. Russian Far East (Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и ˈdalʲnʲɪj vʌˈstok rʌˈsʲiɪ is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i All the Krai's significant ports are now open to international shipping.
Production of grain, soybeans, potatoes, and vegetables is the leading agricultural sector. The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae The term " vegetable " generally means the edible parts of Plants The definition of the word is traditional rather than Scientific, however The breeding of livestock, especially sheep, is well developed in Primorye; a fur farming industry is also being developed through the establishment of fur farms and animal nurseries. Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally to a Domesticated Animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as Food Fur is a body hair of any non-human Mammal, also known as the Pelage.
Natural resources
Demographics
Population: According to the (2002 Census), the population of the krai was 2,071,210, which is down from 2,258,391 recorded in the 1989 Census. Primorsky Krai is a territory rich in Natural resources: Coal More than 100 deposits of Coal are known in Primorye. Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Due to its geographical location, Primosky Krai boasts a mixture of not only ethnic Russians, but also Korean, Volga German, Udege, Buriat, Nanai, Oroch, and Taz minorities. Koryo-saram (Корё сарам Hangul: 고려사람 is the name which ethnic Koreans in the Post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves The Volga Germans (Wolgadeutsche or Russlanddeutsche) were Ethnic Germans living along the Volga River in the region of southern European Russia Udege ( Удэгейцы in Russian; Ethnonym: удээ and удэхе, or udee and udehe correspondingly are a people who live in The Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436000 are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland the The Nanai people (self name нани tr "nani" Russian: нанайцы tr Not to be confused with the Oroqen of China or the Oroks of Sakhalin Island. The Taz ( Russian: plural Тазы transliterated Tazy primarily live in Russia. There are emerging inter-ethnic tensions in the area as a result of Chinese migration. [1] This has major implications for the security of the Russian Far East, as Primosky Krai is home to more than 50% of the population of the region.
Ethnic groups: There were thirteen recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each, and the national composition was • Russian 89. The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries 89% • Ukrainian 4. Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens 54% • Korean 0. Koryo-saram (Корё сарам Hangul: 고려사람 is the name which ethnic Koreans in the Post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves 86% • Tatar 0. Tatars ( Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic -speaking ethnic group or multiple ethnic groups 70% • Belarusan 0. Belarusians or Belorussians (Беларусы Biełarusy previously also spelled Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorusians, also 56% • Armenian 0. The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large 27%% • Azeri 0. This article is about Azeris in Russia For Azeris in general see the respective article 21% • Mordovian 0. 20% • Chinese 0. Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. 19% • German 0. This article is about the German diaspora See Germans for the German ethnicity in general 17% • Chuvash 0. The Chuvash ( Chuvash Чǎвашсем Russian Чуваши Tatar: Çuaşlar Чуашлар are a Turkic -speaking people 16% • Moldovan 0. Moldovans, or Moldavians (original name Moldoveni; Молдовень in the Moldovan Cyrillic script, used nowadays only in Transnistria 11% • Bashkir 0. The Bashkirs, a Turkic people, live in Russia, mostly in the republic of Bashkortostan. 10% • Uzbek 0. The Uzbeks (Self designation sg O‘zbek, pl O‘zbeklar) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. 08% • Kazakh 0. The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар qɑzɑqtɑr Russian: Казахи the English name is transliterated 06% • Udmurt 0. The Udmurts are a people who speak the Udmurt language. Through history they have been known in Russian as Chud Otyatskaya (чудь отяцкая 06% • Polish 0. The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. 05% • Jewish 0. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ 05% • Mari 0. The Mari are a Volga-Finnic people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia 05% • Udege 0. Udege ( Удэгейцы in Russian; Ethnonym: удээ and удэхе, or udee and udehe correspondingly are a people who live in 04% • Buriat 0. The Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436000 are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland the 04 • Georgian 0. The Georgians (ქართველები kartvelebi) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus, the oldest group of the 04% • Lezgin 0. The Lezgins (other spellings Lezgin, Lezgi, Lezgis, Lezgs, and Lezgians) ( Lezgian: лезгияр Russian 04%, and many other ethnic groups of less than eight hundred persons each. Another 0. 92% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire. [2]
In the first 11 months of 2007, there were 20,882 births compared to 19,674 in same period 2006. This returns a birth rate of 11. 4 for the region, which is considerably higher than the national average. [1] In total there were 22,304 births in 2007. [2]
Miscellaneous
The krai is the location of the massive Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, which fell February 12, 1947, in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, near the village of Paseka (approximately 440 km northeast of Vladivostok). Sikhote-Alin is an iron Meteorite fell in 1947 on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in ( Russia) The Sikhote-Alin (Сихотэ-Алинь also spelled Sikhotae-Alin) is a Mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais Russia Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai.
Administrative divisions
See also
References
- ^ Russia In Asia
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