Shkotovo (russian: Шко́тово) 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 a railway station in

Shkotovsky District Shkotovsky District (russian: Шко́товский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #192-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the ...

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. Population:

History

It was founded in 1865 as a village at the mouth of the Tsymukhe River (now Shkotovka River) on the

Ussuri Bay Ussuri Bay (russian: Уссурийский залив) is a major bay within the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan. It is the largest bay in Peter the Great Gulf with a length of approximately , a width of between to , and an average dep ...

and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1931. It is named after

Nikolay Shkot Nikolay Yakovlevich Shkot (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Шкот; 26 December 1829 – 1 September 1870) was a Russian sailor and explorer, best known for one of the earliest expeditions of the Russian Far East, and as a founder ...

Economy

There are a car repair service, a tinned food plant, and a dairy factory in Shkotovo.

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Primorsky Krai Populated coastal places in Russia Ports and harbours of the Russian Pacific Coast Populated places established in 1865 1865 establishments in the Russian Empire