Kraskino Explained

En Name:Kraskino
Ru Name:Краскино
Coordinates:42.7083°N 130.7819°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Primorsky Krai
Adm District Jur:Khasansky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Khasansky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Kraskinskoye Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Kraskinskoye Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:3256
Established Date:1900
Current Cat Date:1940
Postal Codes:692715
Dialing Codes:42331

Kraskino (Russian: Кра́скино) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the shore of the Posyet Bay, 282km (175miles) southwest of Vladivostok, near the border with North Korea. Population:

History

It was founded in 1900 as Novokiyevskoye (Russian: Новоки́евское).[1] In 1936, it was given its present name, for Lieutenant Mikhail Kraskin, who died in a border conflict. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1940.[2]

Transportation

In 1992, the Chinese border checkpoint facility at Hunchun-Chenglingzi was opened and in June 1995 the new Chinese-funded and built passenger and cargo border immigration and customs checkpoint at Kraskino on the Russian side was completed. In 1995, a 30km (20miles) highway, an upgrade from heavily rutted gravel road, Kraskino (Makhalino station) and Hunchun (Chenglingzi border) was completed. In June 1997, the new Russian Kraskino Customs Office Building was opened. Also, between June 1997 and June 1999 railway infrastructure (marshaling yards, freight handling facilities) was constructed at Makhalino station.

A railway line connecting Jilin Province in China and Vladivostok in Russia, running through Kraskino, began operating in February 2010 and was officially opened on November 26, 2010.[3] [4]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Primorsky Krai, p. 43.
  2. Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Primorsky Krai, p. 11.
  3. Web site: Nine Transportation Corridors in Northeast Asia and Their Discontinuous Points . Kawamura . Kazumi . The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140506092309/http://www.erina.or.jp/en/Ec/Forum2001/Session1/eKawamura.htm . 2014-05-06.
  4. News: People's Daily Online . Longest passenger railway connecting Russia, NE China opens .