Vladivostok: Major Russian Pacific Port City

Vladivostok (Владивосток) is a city in Russia, on the Golden Horn Bay of the Sea of Japan. It is:

• Administrative center of Primorsky Krai.
• Largest city in the Russian Far East (~600,000).
• Home of the Russian Pacific Fleet.
• Eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway (9,288 km from Moscow).
• Free Port zone (since 2015) boosting trade with Northeast Asia.

Founded 1860 as a military post; name means "Rule the East."