Plastun (russian: Пласту́н) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) and the most populous settlement of

Terneysky District Terneysky District (russian: Терне́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #133-KZ district (raion, one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai and borders with K ...

of Primorsky Krai,

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1907 and named after the

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''Plastun'' which was surveying the coasts of Primorye in 1859.

Economy

The industry of settlement is represented by a

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and timber processing enterprises. There is an

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near Plastun with regular flights to Kavalerovo and

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Primorsky Krai Populated places established in 1907