Vladivostok

American  

[vlad-uh-vos-tok, -vuh-stok, vluh-dyi-vuh-stawk] / ˌvlæd əˈvɒs tɒk, -vəˈstɒk, vlə djɪ vʌˈstɔk /

noun

1. a seaport in the Far Eastern region of Russia, on the Sea of Japan: the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the largest Russian port connected to the Pacific Ocean.

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Vladivostok British  

/ vlədivasˈtɔk, ˌvlædɪˈvɒstɒk /

noun

1. a port in SE Russia, on the Sea of Japan: terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway; the main Russian Pacific naval base since 1872 and chief commercial and civilian Russian port in the Far East; university (1956). Pop: 584 000 (2005 est)

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Etymology

Origin of Vladivostok

First recorded in 1880–85; from Russian Vladivostók “Rule of the East”

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Vladivostok

A project that might be more feasible to expand is the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline, which carries oil primarily from eastern Russia to China and Russia’s Kozmino port, a terminal near Vladivostok.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

They included celebrations in far-eastern Vladivostok, where people participated in a march commemorating war veterans, known as the Immortal Regiment march.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

The cyclist left Lisbon in early July and intended to cross 17 countries to arrive in Vladivostok in Russia's far east in early September.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

A military source in Russia’s Far East confirmed to BBC Russian that “a number of North Koreans have arrived” and were stationed in one of the military bases near Ussuriysk, to the north of Vladivostok.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

She had been fitted out at Vladivostok, but had taken a wide sea course, so as to pretend to have set sail from Nagasaki.

From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward