The history of Vladivostok
In the Russian Far East, there is a very well-known port city, which is located on the Pacific coast, Vladivostok, affectionately called Vladivostok by the Chinese.
In Chinese, "崴" means a place where mountains and rivers bend, so the name is a good reflection of the city's abundant sea cucumber resources. According to archaeological findings, Chinese have settled here as early as the Neolithic Age.
During the Tang Dynasty, Vladivostok was part of the territory of the Bohai State established by the Tatar people, and was subsequently ruled by several dynasties such as the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.
* The territorial expansion nature of man is an indisputable fact. As early as the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the ** people had invaded the Heilongjiang River Basin. However, the Qing army defeated the Russian army at Yaksa, and finally signed the Treaty of Nebuchu in 1689, which legally determined that the Heilongjiang River basin and the Ussuri River basin belonged to China.
After the signing of this treaty, China's northeastern frontier was able to enjoy long-term tranquility, but the ** people did not give up their ambition to occupy China's Heilongjiang region. Even, ** Tsarina Catherine II openly declared that she wanted to seize Heilongjiang.
In 1856, the British and French forces launched the Second Opium War,** and although they did not directly participate in the war, they obtained far more benefits as mediators than Britain and France. In 1858, Tsarist Russia forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the Sino-Russian Treaty of Aigun, which stipulated that the area east of the Ussuri River, including Vladivostok, Boli and Sakhalin Island, was a Sino-Russian condominium area.
In 1860, at the same time as Britain and France signed the "Beijing Treaty", ** people were not idle, and forced Qing ** to sign the "Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty". According to the treaty, the Qing ceded 400,000 square kilometers of territory east of the Ussuri River, including Boli (present-day Khabarovsk) and Sakhalin (present-day Sakhalin).
Vladivostok is an important port in the Buri region, and since then, Vladivostok has become the most important territory.
2. The strategic value of Vladivostok Immediately after the occupation of Vladivostok, the Russification of the region began. They first renamed Vladivostok "Vladivostok", which means "to rule the East" in Russian.
Subsequently, a large number of Chinese were expelled or **, and Chinese-style buildings were destroyed and replaced by Russian-style buildings. A few decades later, the Chinese element has disappeared here.
Today, Vladivostok is of extremely high strategic value for Russia. 1.An important port in the Russian Far East. Now Vladivostok is the capital of the Primorsky Territory of Russia and the second largest city in the Far East, it is bordered by the Sea of Okhotsk in the east and the Sea of Japan in the south.
Thanks to the direct railway from Moscow to Vladivostok, it is also a famous foreign trade port. 2.Fishery resources are abundant. Compared to the icy and snowy regions of the rest of the country, the climate conditions in Vladivostok are quite warm and monsoon, with an average temperature of -15 in January and an average temperature of around 20 in August.
There are about 300 species of fish and more than 20 species of marine mammals, and there are abundant fishery resources. After the Russians took control of Vladivostok, they took full advantage of it and vigorously developed the fishing industry, which today serves as a base for whaling, fishing and refrigerated ships in the Russian Far East.
3.Naval base. Due to the short freezing period of Vladivostok and its geographical importance, in 1871 the Russian Pacific Fleet built it as a naval base and built a fortress on the base.
These fortresses played a significant role during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. After the October Revolution, the Soviet Union established a naval administration here in 1923, and soon reorganized the Pacific Fleet.
Today, Vladivostok is not only the headquarters of the Russian Pacific Fleet, but also the largest military port in the Russian Far East, where the main forces of the Russian Pacific Fleet are stationed.
4.Famous tourist city. Vladivostok is very focused on tourism, and in order to attract tourists, the local ** has carefully planned a clever combination of hills, seashores and forests to decorate the whole city in a beautiful and unique environment.
In summer, tourists from all over Russia, Europe and other places come to enjoy the bathing beaches and health facilities.