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The Russian Far East includes the territories of Amur Oblast, Chukotka, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Koryakia, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, and Sakhalin Oblast. Major cities in the Russian Far East include VladivostokVladivostok ( Russian: ) is a city in Russia. It is the home port of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. The city's name means "controlling the East" in the Russian language. In the Chinese language, the city, KhabarovskKhabarovsk (population 582,700) is the capital city of the Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, some 30 km from the Chinese border. In Chinese, the city is also known as Bl Khabarovsk was founded in 1858 as a military outpost Khabarovka (named after a Russian explore, Yuzhno-SakhalinskYuzhno-Sakhalinsk #x301 #x301 is a city in Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of the Sakhalin Oblast. In Japanese, it is known as Toyohara . The city is standing on the Susuya River. Population: 134,000 ( 1977). It is served by Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airp, and Komsomolsk-on-AmurKomsomolsk-on-Amur ( Russian: often transliterated directly as Komsomolsk-na-Amure is a city located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia on the left bank of Amur River. In the Chinese language the city is also known as (Gongqing Cheng). Originally part of imperial.
According to most reference sources, the Russian Far East should not be confused with SiberiaSiberia ( Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir Sibir' is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan, constituting all of northern Asia, and extending eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and southward from the Arctic Oc, which does not stretch all the way to the Pacific.
Another possible confusion is with the international meaning of the term Far EastFar East is a term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. Russian Far East, and the western Pacific Ocean region. See also Near East, Orient., especially when translating from Russian language, where the Russian Far East is called simply Far East.
Russian Far East also is used as the name of Russian Far Eastern Federal DistrictFar Eastern Federal District (́ ́ ́) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It forms the Russian Far East. Subdivision, with republics (that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues and correspond to some of Russia's ethn.