Vladivostok,

Vladivostok, a small town near the farthest frontier of Asiatic Russia, near the north limit of Corea, on Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. It has one of the finest harbours in the world, is a naval station, has an arsenal, and is the terminus of the overland part of the telegraph as well as of the Siberian railway (the end section of which was in operation in 1896). The yearly imports amount to about £300,000, and are steadily increasing. Founded in 1861, it had in 1895 a population of 34,500, mainly military, naval, and official.