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Vacations in the fatherland. Vladivostok, Russia. August 20 - September 4, 2004.
Vladivostok is
quite a young city, just about one and a half century old. It was founded
as
a military outpost of Russian Empire at the Far East of the continent
at the 1860. Good geographical location on the Pacific coast and very
convenient port resulted in fast development of initially small settlement
and Vladivostok
was already one of the biggest and most important Russian cities of the
Eastern Asia by the beginning of the XX century. It was growing further
after October Revolution (1917) and Great
Patriotic War (1941-1945). Nowadays
Vladivostok is the biggest city in the Far East of Russia, civil and
military port,
final
point of Trans-Siberian
Railway route (see map),
important scientific, cultural, educational and trade center of the region.
There are about 600.000 people
live in Vladivostok. They call the city Pacific Gates of Russia.
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Gogola street
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The memorial submarine "C-56"
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Somewhere in the Primorsky Krai
2004 © D. Romanchenko
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Okeanskiy avenue
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Svetlanskaya street
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Balyaeva street
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Semenovskaya street
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Semenovskaya street
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Fokina street
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Gogola street
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100th Vladivostok Anniversary avenue
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100th Vladivostok Anniversary avenue
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Monument to the Fighters for the Soviet Power in the Far East
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Monument to the Fighters for the Soviet Power in the Far East
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Monument to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic war (1941-1945)
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View of the Golden Horn gulf
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View of the Golden Horn gulf
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View of the Golden Horn gulf
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View of the city from sea
2004 © S. Udin
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Military ship near the Russkiy island
2004 © S. Udin
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Lighthouse in the entrance to the Golden Horn gulf
2004 © S. Udin
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Sailing vessel of Vladivostok State Military Academy
2004 © S. Udin
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Sunset
2004 © S. Udin
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Wild beaches near the Vladivostok
2004 © S. Udin
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Triumphal Arch
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View of the Vtoraya Rechka district of the Vladivostok
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