Possiet

Posyet (English) Посьет (Russian)
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Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia
Posyet Location of Posyet in Primorsky Krai
Coordinates: 42°40′N 130°48′E / 42.667°N 130.800°E / 42.667; 130.800Coordinates: 42°40′N 130°48′E / 42.667°N 130.800°E / 42.667; 130.800
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai
Administrative district	Khasansky District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	1,671 inhabitants
Time zone	VLAT (UTC+10:00)
Founded	April 11, 1860
Urban-type settlement status since	1943
Previous names	Novgorodsky-Posyet
Postal code(s)	692705
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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: 1,671 (2010 Census);2,927 (2002 Census);2,223 (1989 Census).

It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819—1899).

It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai. It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet. The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.

Largest enterprise Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three 450-meter (1,480 ft) mooring lines of gravitational type.

Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) with warm, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall.

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