Posyet Explained

En Name:Posyet
Ru Name:Посьет
Coordinates:42.6667°N 178°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Primorsky Krai
Adm District Jur:Khasansky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Pop 2010Census:1671
Established Date:April 11, 1860
Current Cat Date:1943
Prev Name1:Novgorodsky-Posyet
Postal Codes:692705

Posyet (Russian: Посье́т) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population:

Etymology

It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).

History

It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai. It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet.[1] The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.

Economy

Largest enterprise JSC Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three 450m (1,480feet) mooring lines of gravitational type.

Climate

Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb, close to Dwa) with warm-hot, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall. Both winters and summers in Posyet are one of the warmest in whole Russian Far East.

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Notes and References

  1. Хасанский район. История посёлка Посьет