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Vladivostok is Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. It is situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay not far from the Russo-Chinese border and North Korea. It is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Names: The name Vladivostok (Владивосток) loosely translates from Russian as "rule the East" a name based on that of Vladikavkaz, at that time a Russian fortress in the Caucasus. The traditional Chinese name for the city is "Hǎishēnwǎi" (海参崴; also pronounced "Hǎishēnwēi"; literally "sea cucumber cliffs"). In mainland China (PRC), it is often known under the transliteration of "Fúlādíwòsītuōkè" (符拉迪沃斯托克) today but not in Taiwan (ROC). The Japanese name of the city is "Urajiosutokku" (ウラジオストック; a rough transliteration of the Russian originally written in Kanji as 浦塩斯徳 and often shortened to "Urajio"; ウラジオ; 浦塩). In Korean, the name is transliterated as "Beulladiboseutokeu" (블라디보스토크) in South Korea, "Ullajibosŭttokhŭ" ... Read more about Vladivostok on Wikipedia

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