Turiy Rog

proper noun

A village in Khankaysky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia, on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka near the border with Mishan, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village in Khankaysky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia, on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka near the border with Mishan, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.

    The main railway line is the Trans-Siberian, which here runs south along the Ussuri River to its terminus at Vladivostok. A number of short branch lines serve mining areas (Kraskino and Suchan) or lead to the USSR—Chinese border towns (Grodekovo and Turiy Rog).

    1951, Theodore Shabad, “Soviet Far East”, in Geography of the USSR; A Regional Survey, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 328
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    A Tass message from Moscow July 27 stated that on July 23 a frontier guard patrol of the U.S.S.R. discovered, that in the region of Turiy Rog, a frontier post denoting the Soviet-Manchurian frontier had been removed and carried away into Manchurian territory. At the place of location of the post, footprints of people were discovered leading to Manchurian territory, while 250 metres from this place, on Manchurian territory, a platoon of Manchurian troops in battle formation was noticed.

    1936 August 1, “Soviet-Manchukuo Waterways Negotiations Break Down”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 77, number 9, →OCLC, page 324, column 1

    Dairy farming has been developed around the lake, and its fishing industry contributes to the extensive food production of the area, much of which is processed at Voroshilov. A branch of the Trans-Siberian Railroad runs to the lakeside at Kamen-Rybolov and Turiy Rog, both on its western shore.

    1965, “Lake Khanka”, in Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Rivers and Lakes, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136, column 2

    In the Maritime Territory there are four crossing points with Сhina*⁸, among which the Pogranichiny-Shuifunhe is now the only point available to those who have ordinary documents. The other three points are limited to those with official endorsement, and three disputed areas are located near these crossing points. The first place is located 20 km west of Turiy Rog Village on a border-crossing near the Khanka Lake; the second is the P-Letter district near the Poltavka-Dongning crossing point; and finally the third comprises two small strips north of Khasan Lake near the Khasan border-crossing into North Korea and China.

    Yutaka Akino

    1996, 秋野豊 [Yutaka Akino], “Moscow's New Perspectives on Sino-Russian Relations”, in Socio-Economic Dimensions of the Changes in the Slavic-Eurasian World, Sapporo, Japan: Slavic Research Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 301

    A Siberian tiger that wandered into a Russian village from China was videotaped attacking a car, terrifying its occupants, and then literally running over a female farmer as villagers attempted to scare it away from the area. The incident occurred in the village of Turiy Rog in the Russian province of Primary^([sic – meaning Primorsky/Primorye]) on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka.

    2021 April 28, David Strege, “Siberian tiger attacks car, runs over farmer in scary encounters”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2021

Origin

  1. RussianТурий Рог
  2. EnglishTuriy Rog

Borrowed from Russian Турий Рог (Turij Rog).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 圖里羅格 /图里罗格
  • 圖里羅格 /图里罗格village
Russian Турий Рог
  • Турий Рог (Turij Rog)village
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