Vladivostock

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A form of Vladivostok — A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

proper noun
  1. datedDated form of Vladivostok.

    Once ships could sail down the river to the Heilungkiang (Amur) and from there on to Haishenwei (Vladivostock) until the way was blocked by the Russians.

    1977 October, Rewi Alley, “To Taching in 1977”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 10, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2
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    The eastern section from Vladivostock—which crosses the Manchurian frontier at San-Ch'a-kou and will pass a few miles to the north of Ninguta, go westward to Yi-mien-p'o, and northwest to A-shih-ho, leaving that town on its left—will join the southern section on the south bank of the Sungari. The junction is really effected at a place called Ha-êrh-pin (Harbin), some 6 miles to the south of the river.

    1900, Consular Reports: Commerce, Manufactures, Etc., volume 62, Government Printing Office, page 410

    Manchuria is crossed by the Chinese Eastern Railway (the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway), which enters the Hei-lung-chiang Province from the north-west and divides at Harbin (哈爾賓^([sic – meaning 哈爾濱])) in the Chi-lin Province, one branch going to Vladivostock (海参威) and the other to Dalny and Port Arthur.

    1904, Charles Daniel Tenney, Geography of Asia, Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 23

    The Tumen is not yet so important as the Yalu, but with the development of a rival to Vladivostock, now a closed port, in Hunchun, it is acquiring greater importance.

    1910, The Provinces of China, Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M. Hsuan Tung, and an Account of the Government of China, Shanghai: The National Review Office, →OCLC, →OL, page 155

    Over the Trans-Siberian Railway, although the journey from Moscow to Vladivostock or Pekin, 5,800 and 5,629 miles distant respectively, still extends into the ninth day, it has been cut by about 10hr.

    1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418
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