Pokrovsky Cathedral of Vladivostok

44 Vladivostok, Vladivostok

 Attractions of Vladivostok Having marked the 110th anniversary in 2012, the Intercession Cathedral was destroyed in 1935. Not far from the construction in the early 20th century were the burials of fallen soldiers killed in the Battle of Tsushima and other residents of the city

Bridges in Vladivostok

 Attractions of Vladivostok The idea to connect the areas of Vladivostok, Horn and the Eastern Bosporus Strait, hovered in the air at least from the middle of the twentieth century. In particular, Nikita Khrushchev wanted to create a crossing between two parts of the city, he wanted to turn Vladivostok into the second San Francisco

Bridge over the Golden Horn

Vladivostok, the bridge over the Golden Horn

 Attractions of Vladivostok One of the attractions that has become available to tourists only recently is the bridge across the Golden Horn in Vladivostok. The bridge was completed in 2012 and is timed to coincide with the APEC summit that took place in this Russian city.

Nikolaevsky Triumphal Gates

ul. Petra Veliky, Vladivostok

 Attractions of Vladivostok Arch of the Crown Prince, or Nikolayevsky Triumphal Gate is one of the visiting cards of Vladivostok. The voluminous structure, decorated with cup-shaped capitals, a mezzanine with a kokoshnik, appeared in the capital of Primorye in 1891.

Funicular in Vladivostok

Vladivostok

 Attractions of Vladivostok The construction of the funicular system in Vladivostok began on the initiative of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev in 1959. The leader of the USSR at that time visited the center of the Primorye Territory, completing his visit to the United States. The then governor of the state decided to turn Vladivostok into one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Norwegian traveler Fridtjof Nansen likened Vladivostok to Naples because of its location on the terraces. Founded in 1860, this city stretched from the north to the south for as much as 30 km, and in width - for 10. The end point of the Trans-Siberian Railway is also a port on the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan. The city is divided into two halves of the Golden Horn Bay.

Today the number of the center of Primorsky Krai slightly exceeds 600 000 people. According to forecasts, the figure will increase in the near future due to the merger of Vladivostok with its satellites into a single "Big Vladivostok."

Built on several islands and peninsulas, Vladivostok has long been considered one of the most colorful cities. A peculiar landscape and palette of military historical monuments, the view of which opens from numerous observation platforms, made the seaside capital a tourist Mecca.

Vladivostok has an unofficial Chinese name, which is conditionally translated as "Trepang Bay."

Multinational City on water has become a home for different peoples - Russians, Koreans, Ukrainians, Chinese and others. It is curious that because of the rather complicated name of the dispute about how to properly address the residents of the village, do not cease until now. Still, the appeal of the Vladivostok man to the men, the Vladivostok woman to the fair sex, and to all the townspeople the Vladivostok people was generally accepted.

Vladik - how the inhabitants themselves have affectionately called the port city - has not yet received the status of the administrative center of Primorsky Krai at a legal level. Such a title has developed only historically.

Vladivostok guests can make excursions around Vladivostok using a tram, trolleybus and such exotic types of public transport as a ferry and a sea boat. Since 1962, the only funicular system in the whole Far East has operated here.