VLADIVOSTOK THE EDGE OF RUSSIA Vladivostok is the main city in Russian Far-East and one of the most beautiful towns all over Russian Far-East, the biggest sea port located on the Pacific On July 2nd 1860 the first settlers landed here and established

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military post to defend Russia from its East side. Originally built as a fortress, Vladivostok has grown, got a status of porto- franco, and accepted thousands of immigrants, businessmen, and just deadbeats, mixing East and West in the small town on the hills of the former powerful Asian empire Manchuria. In April 1880 Russian outpost officially was got town rank. In the last quarter of 19th century around the shores of the "Golden Horn Bay" and on the nearest islands the first defense structures and coast gunnery battery were built. In 1889 Vladivostok gained the sea military fortress rank. In 1922 warmly welcoming free port closed its administrative borders for foreigners as well as for the most of Russians, as it housed a number objects of the Soviet Union. In 1992 after breakdown of Soviet Union Vladivostok was officially opened. Today our city is an open port, and a terminus of the Great Transsiberian railroad again, having 17 foreign embassies, being situated on the border with four countries, having sister-cities in different states (for example, Juno, San Diego, Tacoma in the USA, Niigata, Akita and Hakodate in Japan, Dalian in China, Manta in Ecuador, Wonsan in DPRK) Being a cultural center of the region vladivostok will impress you with a number of various theaters, mixture of Oriental and European architecture, historical museums, picture galleries, aquarium, and different symbolic of a sea port the main outpost in the Russian Far East.