Preobrazheniye (russian: Преображе́ние) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in

Lazovsky District Lazovsky District (russian: Лазо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #136-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai on the eastern s ...

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...

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, located on the Preobrazheniye Bay of the

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. Population:

History

Founded on August 19, 1860 on the day of

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, it was named "Preobrazheniye" (meaning ''transfiguration'' in Russian) after the event. File:Посёлок Преображение Приморского края.jpg, Settlement of the Preobrazheniye, Primorsky Krai. View from the southern hill. File:Бухта Преображение.jpg, Sokolovskaya Bay.

Economy

The main enterprise of the settlement is ''Preobrazhenskaya Base of Trawling Fleet'' ().

Population

Population Progression

Climate

The climate of Preobrazheniye is

monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

, which is moderately warm and humid. Because of the influence of the Primorskoye Current, the winter is warmer than in the continental regions of the region, and the summer is cooler. The warmest months of the year are July, August and September. Spring is long and cool. Autumn, as a rule, comes somewhat slower than in the mainland regions of Russia. The average number of sunshine hours reaches 2,400, with most of them occurring in the winter, while the summer is characterized by a predominance of cloudy weather. * The average annual air temperature is 5.9 °C * The record maximum of 34.0 ° С * The record minimum of -28.5 ° С * The relative air humidity is 67%, which is less than in

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(70%),

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(72%) and

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(78%) * The average wind speed is 3.3 m/s

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Primorsky Krai Populated places established in 1860