Vostok (russian: Восто́к, lit. ''east'') 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 ...

) in Krasnoarmeysky District of

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 ...

, located east from Novopokrovka. Population:

History

It is one of the most isolated settlements of the krai. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1980.

Economy

''Primorsky Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise'' () is the main industrial facility and also the main employer in Vostok. Its specialization is the production of

tungsten Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively as compounds with other elements. It was identified as a new element in 1781 and first isol ...

Transportation

There is no airport serving Vostok. The town is connected to the outside world only via a single-track road.

References

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