Origins of the modern city History of Vladivostok

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imperial russian navy torpedo boat sungari @ vladivostok


in 1880 russian volunteer fleet, government aid, organized regular trips odessa , saint petersburg. on april 28, 1880 (may 10 gregorian style), vladivostok officially proclaimed city , separate administrative unit primorskaya oblast. @ time city population 7,300, double of 1878. 3 hotels in operation: moscow, vladivostok, , hotel de louvre.


in 1883 resettlement administration established in vladivostok, , russian volunteer fleet steamships began mass transport of peasants european russia far east. vladivostok became shipping center, , in 1888 residence of oblast governor moved khabarovsk city. in 1889 vladivostok proclaimed fortress , 2 torpedo boats, brought disassembled black sea, launched.



trans-siberian railway terminal in vladivostok


during 1880s vladivostok s cultural life improved, , music school @ siberian fleet depot opened. in 1883 city s first newspaper (vladivostok) began, , following year society of amursky territory study (headed fyodor f. busse) founded. in 1887 public library opened, , professional theater performed in vladivostok first time. trees planted along main streets, , 120 kerosene streetlamps installed.


by end of 1880s vladivostok had 600 wooden , more 50 stone houses, 2 or 3 stories. buildings grouped in area of today s central square , matrosskaya sloboda (sailors suburb), obyasneniya river gaydamak tram stop. in 1891, construction of trans-siberian railway began in vladivostok. during 1890s, shipping kobe, nagasaki, , shanghai began. in 1897 new commercial port opened in vladivostok, , regular rail service khabarovsk began.


in 1899 first far eastern higher educational institution, oriental institute, established. presently houses main building of far eastern state technical university (festu).


from 1899 1909, 4 theaters opened in vladivostok: tikhy okean (pacific ocean) theater, public theater (inspired moscow artistic theater), zolotoy rog (golden horn) theater, , pushkin theater (which hosted russian actress vera kommisarzhevskaya). in 1912 newspaper, theater , music, first published.



cruiser varyag in golden horn bay, 1903


during russo-japanese war, japanese squadron of warships fired on city. vladivostok cruiser group participated in war, blocking approaches besieged port-arthur.


vladivostok involved in revolution of 1905, , governed rebel military units in 1906. unrest in city quelled force , diplomacy general georgi kazbek.


during period between 2 russian revolutions (1907–1917) 17th-century-style railway station, power station, 2 girls schools, school of commerce, , versailles hotel built, , trams began operating. in 1909 port visited 795 steamships, including 477 foreign ships, , there 3,000 shops in vladivostok. in 1913, local publishers produced 61 titles in russian , other languages.







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