Vladivostok

Russia's eastern port

Vladivostok is a major Russian port city on the Pacific coast, near the borders of China and North Korea.

It serves as the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway and headquarters of Russia's Pacific Fleet.

The name means "ruler of the east" in Russian.

The ship departed from Vladivostok for Japan.

Russian

Siberia

Russia's eastern expanse

rubles · taiga · Soviet · cosmonaut · eastern · frontier · outpost · remote · territory

port

harbor

Safe anchorage for ships

container · terminal · freight · dock · wharf · trade · maritime · import · export · logistics

naval

Pacific Fleet

Designated naval formation, largest ocean

base · destroyer · frigate · admiral · sailor · shipyard · defense · strategic · headquarters · fortification

geography

Pacific Ocean

Largest body of water

bay · coastal · inlet · island · bridge · cape · shoreline · mountainous

climate

subarctic

Zone south of Arctic

  • monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
  • fogLow-lying cloud cover
  • humidContaining much moisture

snowfall · cold · winter · ice · frost · typhoon · seasonal · harsh · January · freezing

Categories
Opposites
geographic position in russia

VladivostokKaliningrad

Russian Baltic exclave

Moscow · St. Petersburg · the Kremlin · Murmansk · Sochi

Family

Vladimir, Vlad, east

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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