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Posyet
Urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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: 1,671 (2010 Census);[1] 2,927 (2002 Census);[4] 2,223 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
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Etymology
It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).
History
It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai.[citation needed] It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet.[6] 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 450-meter (1,480 ft) mooring lines of gravitational type.
Climate
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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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