Headquater of Pacific Fleet of Russia, Vladivostok

The harbor is established at 1860, eight years before the Meiji Restoration( Meiji-ishin) 6 years after Commodore M. Perry's visit to Japan. On 1904, the Russia Baltic Fleet defeated at Tsushima, then where is the Pacific Fleet?The miniature of warship, the first one, is on the top of the gate. It is said that the statue of a ship means the first ship of Russia to cast anchor here 1860.

city park, submarine museum, Vladivostok 2000

The city park like other Russian parks, a photographic place for new couple just marriage, and the Russian look it is a holy place to memory the wedding. The submarine museum is a place for make money from visitors,Viva Capitalism! The large building is headquater of Pacific Fleet of Russia.

Cannon, Russia Island,Vladivostok

There is a military museum on the island, called "military museum", actually is a ruin of a foolish cannon. The Cannon is set up at 1903, the year about the Russo-Japan War. It is fired only one time,and just only one time, then is ruin, now.The scene around the island is quite beautiful, may few visitor to be there. The island as a barrier in the entrance to Golden Harbor, from the satellite image,one can understanding the topography, for it is seriously.

Inside the Harbor 2000

Inside the Harbor, Vladivostok,2000. The hill is at north, as a naturally control point, and the ferry directed to south.The Headquater of Pacific Fleet of Russia(FMR USSR) is at left,14 floors, a building like a department independingly. There are many warships at pier, like the San Diego one, good for photography, without prohibition.

Golden Horn Harbor, Vladivostok 2000

Golden Horn Harbor is right angled. Here the photos are from north to south and one can see easy harbor works unlike the other harbors of Far East, for Vladivostok is not a business harbor but a military one. The Vladivostok is belonging Bo-Hai Prefecture, Trang Dynasty is her suzerain, at 8th century. There are many antique been unearthed, as one stone tomb wrote "Chin-Fou Temple"( 慶福寺碑),is now a collection of the city museum.

Gloden horn harbor, Vladivostok

There are two golden horn harbors in the world. The Istanbul one is left angle, while the Vladivostok one is right angle and more excellent for there are islets in entrance, axting as a barrier and easy to prevention. From "Google.earth" you can see the satellite image to compare the air impressions.

The Russian Island,Vladivostok

The islets as a barrier of Vladivostok. Of them, the famous is the Russian Island, where the remaining Canon set up at 1903 and fired only one time, is now a place to visit. The pictures here to show the geographic islets. The Google.earth is more recently, but it is an image of satellite.