Pogranichny (russian: Пограни́чный) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) and the
administrative center of
Pogranichny District
Pogranichny District (russian: Пограни́чный райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #184-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area ...
of
Primorsky Krai,
Russia, located east of the
China–Russia border and northwest of
Vladivostok. Population:
History
In 1898
Orenburg Cossacks from the first
Host district founded the Grodekovo ()
railway station, named after , Governor General of
Priamurye
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...
(in office: 1898–1902). The settlement received its present name, "Pogranichny" – which means "border (town)" – in 1958.
Cross-border rail traffic
The railway station in Pogranichny (still called ''Grodekovo'' for railway purposes) is the first one east of the Sino-Russian border on the
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...
–
Ussuriysk (for Vladivostok) branch of the former
Chinese Eastern Railway, the "Trans Manchurian Line". There are currently (December 2013) no through passenger trains between Harbin and Ussuriysk; however, two local trains daily in each direction connect
Suifenhe
Suifenhe () is a county-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, located where the former Chinese Eastern Railway crosses the border with Russia's town of Pogranichny, Primorsky Krai. In January 2014, Suife ...
(the last Chinese station on the western side of the border) to Pogranichny. The 27-km journey takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes.
[Russian Railways schedules at http://eng.rzd.ru/statice/public/en?STRUCTURE_ID=4129]
Climate
Pogranichny has a
humid continental climate (
Köppen climate classification ''Dwb''), with very cold and dry winters and very warm and wet summers.
Notable people
Russian actor
Leonid Yarmolnik and Mayor of
Barnaul Vladimir Kolganov
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
were born in Grodekovo. Russian poet
Arseny Nesmelov Arseny (officially transliterated as Arsenii) (also Arsenii and Arseniy) ( ua, Арсеній, russian: Арсений) is a name, derived from Arsenius. Notable people with the name include:
Arseny
* Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944), Russian avant-ga ...
died here.
References
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Urban-type settlements in Primorsky Krai
China–Russia border crossings