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Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the city of Khabarovsk, which is home to roughly half of the krai's population and the largest city in the Russian Far East (just ahead of Vladivostok). Khabarovsk Krai is the fourth-largest federal subject by area, and has a population of 1,343,869 as of 2010. The southern region lies mostly in the basin of the lower Amur River, with the mouth of the river located at Nikolaevsk-on-Amur draining into the Strait of Tartary, which separates Khabarovsk Krai from the island of Sakhalin. The north occupies a vast mountainous area along the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk, a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. Khabarovsk Krai is bordered by Magadan Oblast to the north, Amur Oblast, Jewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikinsky District
Bikinsky District (russian: Бики́нский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Bikin (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bikinsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai. The town of Bikin serves as its administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ..., despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #109 As a muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chegdomyn
Chegdomyn (russian: Чегдомын) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: History Chegdomyn was founded in 1939, with the beginning of black coal mining in the area. At the same time, construction of a branch line from the Trans-Siberian Railway at Isvestkovaya to Chegdomyn was begun, although it was dismantled during World War II and its tracks reused in construction projects closer to the front. After the end of the war, the railway was rebuilt, opening in 1951. Coal mining resumed in 1948, and Chegdomyn was granted urban-type settlement status in 1949. Geography The settlement is situated in the Bureya River basin, just north of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). A branch line connects Chegdomyn to Novy Urgal on the BAM. It is located in the valley of the Chegdomyn River, near its confluence with the Urgal. Chegdomyn is located about northwest of the krai's administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkhnebureinsky District
Verkhnebureinsky District (russian: Верхнебуре́инский райо́н), Upper Bureya District, is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Chegdomyn. Population: The population of Chegdomyn accounts for 47.5% of the district's total population. The Bureinsky Nature Reserve, a protected area (zapovednik) is located in the district, covering the upper course of the Bureya River The Bureya () is a south-flowing, left tributary of the Amur river in Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its name comes from the Evenk word ''birija'', meaning river. Course The Bureya is formed from the junction of the Pravaya ( .... References Sources * * * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Khabarovsk Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vysokogorny, Khabarovsk Krai
Vysokogorny (russian: Высокогорный) is an urban-type settlement in Vaninsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, 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-eigh .... Population: References Notes Sources * * * * * {{coord, 50, 06, 00, N, 139, 07, 42, E, type:city_region:RU, display=title Urban-type settlements in Khabarovsk Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai
Vanino (russian: Ва́нино), an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Vaninsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, operates as a port on the Strait of Tartary. Population: Geography Vanino is located north (straight-line distance) from Sovetskaya Gavan, but the actual road distance is about twice as much, as the sea coast is highly indented. History Vanin Bay on the Strait of Tartary was named after a topographer who worked in a team that prepared maps of the coast in 1874. Vanino was established in 1907. The Vanino Harbor, then considered part of Sovetskaya Gavan, received an overland connection with the rest of the USSR with the construction of railway from Komsomolsk-on-Amur (the easternmost section of the future Baikal-Amur Mainline), which was started in 1943 and completed in 1945. Vanino railway station was opened in 1947. That caused quick growth of the port in Vanino Harbor. During the 1940s, Vanino, along with Vladivosto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oktyabrsky, Vaninsky District, Khabarovsk Krai
Oktyabrsky (russian: Октябрьский) is an urban-type settlement in Vaninsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: The former Postovaya (air base) , partof = , location = Oktyabrsky, Khabarovsk Krai , country = Russia , image = , alt = , caption = , image2 = , alt2 = , caption2 = , type = Air Base , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Russia Khabarovsk Krai#Russia , pushpin_ma ... is located nearby. References Notes Sources * * * * * {{coord, 49, 03, 45, N, 140, 14, 20, E, type:city_region:RU, display=title Urban-type settlements in Khabarovsk Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaninsky District
Vaninsky District (russian: Ва́нинский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vanino Vanino (russian: Ванино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Urban localities * Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai, a work settlement in Vaninsky District of Khabarovsk Krai Rural localities * Vanino, Kirov Oblast, a village in .... Population: The population of Vanino accounts for 45.6% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * * * {{coord, 49, 05, N, 140, 16, E, region:RU_type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Districts of Khabarovsk Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayano-Maysky District
Ayano-Maysky District (russian: Ая́но-Ма́йский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Ayan. Population: The population of Ayan accounts for 42.2% of the district's total population. Geography The district has two climatic zones: a sharply continental and a maritime continental. The villages of Aim, Dzhigda, and Nelkan are located in the former, and Ayan belongs to the latter. Areas along the coast receive much precipitation and have a frequent share of cloudy days, storm winds, and blizzards. Average winter temperatures range from to ; average summer temperatures—from to . The impact of the Sea of Okhotsk on the coastal region is constant and as it moves west inland toward the Dzhugdzhur mountain range and becomes weaker t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elban
Elban (russian: Эльбан) is an urban-type settlement in Amursky District, Khabarovsk Krai, 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-eigh .... Population: References Notes Sources * * * * * {{coord, 50, 05, 30, N, 136, 30, 24, E, type:city_region:RU, display=title Urban-type settlements in Khabarovsk Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetsko-Gavansky District
Sovetsko-Gavansky District (russian: Сове́тско-Га́ванский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Sovetskaya Gavan (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sovetsko-Gavansky District is one of the seventeen in the krai. The town of Sovetskaya Gavan serves as its administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ..., despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetskaya Gavan
Sovetskaya Gavan (russian: Сове́тская Га́вань, lit. ''Soviet harbor'') is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, and a port on the Strait of Tartary which connects the Sea of Okhotsk in the north with the Sea of Japan in the south. Population: It was previously known as ''Imperatorskaya Gavan'' (until 1922). Name The name of the town is often informally abbreviated to "Sovgavan" (). History On May 23, 1853, Lt. Nikolay Konstantinovich Boshnyak of the Russian-American Company ship ''Nikolay'' discovered the bay on which Sovetskaya Gavan is located and named it Khadzhi Bay. On August 4, 1853, Captain Gennady Nevelskoy founded a military post named after Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin, and renamed the bay to ''Imperatorskaya Gavan'' ('Emperor's Harbor' or 'Port Imperial'). The bay was also known to the English as Barracouta Harbour. Nikolay Boshnyak was appointed the commander of the post, which became the first Russian settlement in the area, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
