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40th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 40th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. It gained the honorific "named for Sergo Ordzhonikidze" on 14 April 1937. It fought in the engagements at Lake Khasan. On 22 June 1941, it was part of the 39th Rifle Corps, 25th Army, in the Far East Military District. The division fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945. In 1957, it was converted into a motorized rifle division. From 1957 to 1989 it was based at Smolyaninovo-1, Primorskiy Krai. In 1989 it was transferred to the Pacific Fleet as a coastal defence division. It was disbanded in 1996. History The 40th Rifle Division was formed on 16 April 1930 as a territorial division from the 7th Krasnoyarsk Territorial Rifle Regiment in Krasnoyarsk, Achinsk and Kansk. In January 1932, it was transferred to the active army and in October was moved to Razdolny, Nadezhdinsky District, Primorsky Krai. By February 1934, it was based in Posyet, Slavyanka, Novokievka and Barabash in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The army was established in January 1918. The Bolsheviks raised an army to oppose the military confederations (especially the various groups collectively known as the White Army) of their adversaries during the Russian Civil War. Starting in February 1946, the Red Army, along with the Soviet Navy, embodied the main component of the Soviet Armed Forces; taking the official name of "Soviet Army", until its dissolution in 1991. The Red Army provided the largest land warfare, land force in the Allied victory in the European theatre of World War II, and its Soviet invasion of Manchuria, invasion of Manchuria assisted the unconditional surrender of Empire of Japan, Imperial Japan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achinsk
Achinsk (russian: А́чинск) is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Chulym River near its intersection with the Trans-Siberian Railway, west of Krasnoyarsk. It has a population of 109,155 as of the 2010 Census. History Achinsk is one of the oldest known inhabited places in the area. Paleontological study has shown that people lived here as early as 28,000–20,000 BCE. Some of these ancient caves are located east of the city. The modern city, however, was founded on July 25, 1641 as an '' ostrog'' on the Bely Iyus River. After the fire of 1683, it was moved to the Chulym River (a tributary of the Ob); hence, the official foundation date of the city is considered to be July 25, 1683. The name of the location derives from the Turkic tribal group Achi or Achigi. The first fort in 1683 was built with the high stockade square shaped walls. In the corners were placed watch towers. Initially the garrison had fifteen Cossacks p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wangqing
Wangqing County (; 현) is a county of southeastern Jilin province, China. It is under the administration of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The county's name Wangqing comes from the Manchu language meaning ''fortress''. Administrative divisions Wangqing has eight towns and one township. Towns: * Wangqing (汪清镇 / 왕청진), Daxinggou (大兴沟镇 / 대흥구진), Tianqiaoling (天桥岭镇 / 천교령진), Luozigou (罗子沟镇 / 라자구진), Chunyang (春阳镇 / 춘양진), Fuxing (复兴镇 / 복흥진), Baicaogou (百草沟镇 / 백초구진), Dongguang (东光镇 / 동광진) The only township is Jiguan Township Jiguan may refer to: *Ancestral home (Chinese) In Chinese culture, hometown or ancestral home () is the place of origin of one's extended family. It may or may not be the place where one is born. For instance, two people may both be born in Sha ... (鸡冠乡 / 계관향) Climate Notable people from Wangqing County * Ju To-il, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najin
Rajin-guyŏk () is a North Korean district on Rason in the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea. It is in the Kwanbuk region and location in the south of Rason. North of it lies the North Korea–Russia border. Transport Rajin Station is the terminus of both the P'yŏngra and Hambuk lines of the Korean State Railway. The Khasan–Rajin railway was opened in 1959, connecting the port of Rajin with the Russian Khasan on the Tumen River; the river is the natural North Korea–Russia border. The railway had been renewed between 2008-2013. Coal transport from North Korea to Khasan on the renewed line started in summer 2014. As the track was built using four rails both Russian broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunchun
Hunchun (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 혼춘; Hangul: 훈춘) is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, far eastern Jilin province. It borders North Korea (North Hamgyong province) and Russia (Primorsky Krai), has over 250,000 inhabitants, and covers 5,145 square kilometers. The site of the eastern capital of Balhae/Bohai Kingdom between 785 and 793, Donggyeong, was located here. The city's name Hunchun comes from ''Huncun'' in Manchu language. (). The city and the village Fangchuan is located near the point of junction of the borders of China, Russia, and North Korea; provided with an observation platform, it is a popular tourist attraction. Administrative divisions Hunchun has four subdistricts, four towns, and five townships. Subdistricts: * Xin'an Subdistrict ( / ), Jinghe Subdistrict ( / ), Henan Subdistrict ( / ), Jinhai Subdistrict ( / ) Towns: *Chunhua ( / ), Jingxin ( / ), Banshi ( / ), Ying'an ( / ) Townships: * Hadamen Township ( / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grodekovo
Pogranichny (russian: Пограни́чный) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pogranichny District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located east of the China–Russia border and northwest of Vladivostok. Population: History In 1898 Orenburg Cossacks from the first Host district founded the Grodekovo () railway station, named after , Governor General of Priamurye (in office: 1898–1902). The settlement received its present name, "Pogranichny" – which means "border (town)" – in 1958. Cross-border rail traffic The railway station in Pogranichny (still called ''Grodekovo'' for railway purposes) is the first one east of the Sino-Russian border on the Harbin–Ussuriysk (for Vladivostok) branch of the former Chinese Eastern Railway, the "Trans Manchurian Line". There are currently (December 2013) no through passenger trains between Harbin and Ussuriysk; however, two local trains daily in each direction connect Suifenhe (the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Rifle Corps
The 25th Army Corps was an army corps of the Soviet Ground Forces active from 1957–1960 and 1980–89. In its first period of existence it was in the Odessa Military District, and in its second period of existence it garrisoned the remote Kamchatka region and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Soviet Far East. World War II First formation The predecessor 25th Rifle Corps appears to have begun the Second World War in transit to the Kiev Fortified Region as part of the 19th Army, formed just before the war began. It comprised the 127th Rifle Division, the 134th Rifle Division, and the 162nd Rifle Division on 22 June 1941. From 19 June to 16 July, it was commanded by Major General . The 25th Corps' deputy commander was '' Kombrig'' Alexander Gorbatov, who had been recently released from the gulag. Bonn and Glantz say the 25th Rifle Corps was active from June–July 1941 (first formation). Second formation The corps was reformed in February 1943, and had five commanders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khasan District
Khasansky District (russian: Хаса́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #187-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai, wedged between the Tumen River and the Peter the Great Gulf, and shares a border with both China and North Korea. The area of the district is . (Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') Its administrative center is the urban locality (an ) of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavyanka, Primorsky Krai
Slavyanka (russian: Славя́нка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the opposite side of the Amur Bay as seen from Vladivostok. Population: History Slavyanka was founded during the settlement of the coast of southern Primorye in the 1850s–1860s, when the Russian government sought to gain a foothold in the region. The signing of the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 and of the Treaty of Beijing in 1860 established the border between Russia and China along the Ussuri River across Lake Khanka. The bay on which Slavyanka stands was shown in the English charts under the name of Port Bruce; other sources also referred to it as Bruce Harbor or Bruce Bay. Slavyanka itself was founded in 1889.''Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai'', p. 44 On January 4, 1926, Slavyansky Selsoviet Slavyansky (masculine), Slavyanskaya (feminine), or Slavyanskoye (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posyet
Posyet (russian: Посье́т) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population: Etymology It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819—1899). History It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai. It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet.Хасанский районИстория посёлка Посьет/ref> The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition. Economy Largest enterprise JSC ''Commercial port of Posyet'' is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three mooring lines of gravitational type. Climate Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate ( Köppen ''Dwb'') with warm, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall. References External linksUnofficial website of Posyet *Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
