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Vladivostok
The morning of Motherland. It begins at the shores of the Pacific
Ocean, where mighty waves meet the Ussury taiga, where the sea romance
covers our city with a special veil. It begins in Vladivostok.
If we look at the map, to the left of the city stretching for a distance
of 30 kilometers is the Amur Bay, to the right of it is the Ussury
Bay. Between them, running deep inland, is the Golden Horn Bay. Here
begin and here end the city streets.
An integral
part of Vladivostok is its port, a whole city on water. When dusk
falls the port's ships, moorings and cranes are ablaze with myriad
of lights. When large factory ships return after long voyages, they
hear the music of there home port. But
Vladivostok is not only the eastern sea gateway of Russia. Here begins
the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest in the world.The city is also
an important air crossroad. 9,288 kilometers lie between Vladivostok
and Moscow. It takes 6 days by train or 9 hours by plane to cover
this distance.
Today Vladivostok is of great significance for the economic development
of the Primorye. The citizens are engaged in fishery, ship-repair,
woodworking, light and building industries. They produce porcelain,
metal-working tools. The activities of many citizens are connected
with sea transport. A large part of Russian merchant marine is concentrated
here. When we say "Vladivostok", we also mean heat power engineering,
radio-electronics, railway transport, higher educational institutions,
science…
Foto by Dmitry Molchan and story about Vladivostok
by Natalya Dementyeva from "Web
photojournal - Vladivostok Pictorial".
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