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Founded - in 1917
Population - 32 000 Dalnerechensk is a frontier city stretching along the Bolshaya Ussurka River just 5 km away from its estuary. The river, highway, and air routes connect it with multiple taiga settlements of Primorky region. The railway connects it with the city of Khabarovsk.
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The city has developed from a small Cossack
village of "Grafskaya". Cossacks settled there at the end of XIX century.
Very soon a railway station and a wharf were set up very close to the village.
In 1917 Bolshaya Grafsksy village was granted with the status of
city. At that time its population consisted of only1
500 people, nowadays it has grown to over 30 000 people.
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The city industry
consists of a sawmill, a cooper factory, house construction and woodworking
businesses producing saw-timber, construction parts, furniture, and manufactured
homes. Food sector consists of meatpacking, vegetable oil-mil, cereal
mill, and food-staff businesses.
Social and cultural life of the city is concentrated around its municipal movie theatre, cultural centers, and museum prominent by its historical displays and expositions. |
BAKLANOV P.Ya. et. al. Geography of Primorsky Territory.
Publishing House "Ussuri", 1997. Pacific Institute
of Geography, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
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