Posyet
| Posyet (in English) Посьет (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Khasansky District |
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| 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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