Vladisvostok
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 Clockwise from top: Square of the Fighters for Soviet Power in the Far East, City entrance sign, Primorsky Krai Administration in the city centre, Zolotoy Rog Bay, 9288th kilometre stone |
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.svg) Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia |
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| City Day | First Sunday of July |
| Administrative status (as of November 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administratively subordinated to | Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction |
| Administrative center of | Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction |
| Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
| Urban okrug | Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug |
| Head | Igor Pushkaryov |
| Representative body | City Duma |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 331.16 km2 (127.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 592,034 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 22nd |
| Density | 1,788/km2 (4,630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+10:00) |
| Founded | July 2, 1860 |
| City status since | April 22, 1880 |
| Postal code(s) | 690xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 423 |
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Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к; IPA: [vlədʲɪvɐˈstok], literally ruler of the east) is a city and the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located around the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The population of the city as of 2016[update] is 606,653, up from 592,034 recorded in the 2010 Russian census. The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.
The name Vladivostok loosely translates from Russian as "ruler of the East" (imperative of the verb vladet′ [] plus vostok []) —a name similar to that of the Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz which means "ruler of the Caucasus" and which was first used in 1784. The unofficial nickname of the city is Vladik (Владик). Vladivostok was first named in 1859 along with other features in the Peter the Great Gulf area by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky. The name first applied to the bay but, following an expedition by Alexey Shefner in 1860, was applied to the new settlement.
On Chinese maps from the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), Vladivostok was called Yǒngmíngchéng (永明城, lit. "city of eternal light").
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