Ussuriysk

Ussuriysk is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, 98 kilometers north of Vladivostok, the workplace of the krai, and approximately 60 kilometers from each the China Russia border and the Pacific Ocean. The vicinity of what now's Ussuriysk changed into settled via Yulou Mohe tribes. From the mid-9th century, it became Solbin-bu of the Balhae Kingdom. It is then populated by the Donghai Jurchens, underneath manage of Liao dynasty.

The metropolis then grow to be capital of Jin Dynasty's Supin circuit. Then it went underneath manipulate of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties respectively. In 1866, the agreement of Nikolskoye changed into based at the vicinity of today's Ussuriysk, named after Saint Nicholas. Due to its fine geographic location at the crossing of the transportation lines, the village experienced rapid growth throughout the 1870s, becoming a alternate middle. Its role expanded after the railroad connecting Khabarovsk and Vladivostok changed into constructed, and in 1898 it become granted town status and renamed Nikolsk-Ussuriysky.

By the beginning of the 20th century the city's population totaled 15,000 humans, and the annual turnover of its alternate organizations become equal to a few million rubles. After the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Nikolsk-Ussuriysky became one of the most essential commercial and economic facilities of the Russian Far East. In 1913, the city ranked fourth after Vladivostok, Blagoveshchensk, and Khabarovsk in terms of population.