Primorsky, Vladivostok, Irkusk, China, and Japan

Did you realize that Russia interjects itself squarely between China and Japan?


Google maps will tell you that Vladivostok [ Владивостока ] is located in\at the "Region of Primorsky, Russia" *
But that won't be evident looking at their map...

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It seems that this was tranditionally known (to us in the west) as "Primorsky Kray" [pree.mohrrsk'CRY]:
aka. the Primorsky Maritime Territory' .... ... Incidentally, in browsing the map today, I realized I always thought that Russia dipped down towards Japan by way of Kamchatka; but I guess I wasn't remembering my 'Risk' map correctly ;-) (See Kamchatskaya oblast... )

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*2 ] alt.: ' Primorskiy kray ' ; ' Primorskiĭ kraĭ ' ; c.f. Rusko, ' Primorský kraj ' , Приморский край ;

Primorskiĭ kraĭ

* img: http://www.ieeta.pt/~skl/travel_not_protected/FormerUSSR/WhereIsOnMap/Vladivostok.jpg; src: http://www.ieeta.pt/~skl/travel_not_protected/formerussr.html