Ussuriysk

Ussurijsk (Russian Уссурийск; earlier Nikolskoje, Voroshilov, Chinese双城 子Shuangchengzi ) is a city in the south of the Russian Primorye. It has 158 004 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) and is situated 98 km north of Vladivostok and 660 km south of Khabarovsk in the fertile valley of the Rasdolnaja. The town is 60 km from the Chinese border and as far from the Pacific Ocean, more specifically from the Sea of ​​Japan, away.

History

Ussurijsk was founded in 1866 as Nikolskoje ( Никольское ) and soon developed due to its convenient location at a commercial center. Its importance increased during the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway strong, but especially after their completion 1916. 1898 was the place as Nikolsk ( Никольск ) city rights in 1913 it was the fourth largest city in the Russian Far East. After the revolution of 1917 Nikolsk was systematically expanded to the agricultural center of the region. From 1926 the city contributed to the distinction of the same cities the name Nikolsk - Ussurijski ( Никольск - Уссурийский, ie Ussurisches Nikolsk ), 1935 was renamed the town after Kliment Voroshilov ( Ворошилов ). After the takeover of power by Nikita Khrushchev in 1957, the city was given its present name. The Ussuri rises in the Sikhote -Alin mountain range east of Ussurijsk.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Traffic

Ussurijsk located on the highway M 60 ( Khabarovsk - Vladivostok ), which is part of the Trans-Siberian road.

In addition, here the branch railway lines to Harbin and Pyongyang of the Trans-Siberian Railway (Moscow - Vladivostok ) from. There is a train persons in the Chinese border town of Suifenhe ( from there is connection to Harbin ). Twice a month in each direction runs a course car between Moscow and Pyongyang, which in between the Ussurijsk express Rossiya Moscow - changes Khasan (Russian frontier station to Korean Tumangan ) - Vladivostok and the local train Ussurijsk.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Boris Khmelnitsky (1940-2008), actor