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, 282 kilometers (175 mi) southwest of Vladivostok, near the border with North Korea. Population: 3,256 (2010 Russian census);[3] 3,451 (2002 Census);[7] 4,426 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Kraskino Краскино | |
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 Lenin street in Kraskino | |
Location of Kraskino  | |
  Kraskino Location of Kraskino  Kraskino Kraskino (Primorsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 42°42′30″N 130°46′55″E / 42.70833°N 130.78194°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Khasansky District |
| [1] | 1900 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1940[2] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,256 |
| • Estimate (2018)[4] | 2,760 (−15.2%) |
| • Municipal district | Khasansky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Kraskinskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Kraskinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 692715 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42331 |
| OKTMO ID | 05648155051 |
History
It was founded in 1900 as Novokiyevskoye (Новоки́евское).[1] In 1936, it was given its present name, for Lieutenant Mikhail Kraskin, who died in a border conflict.[2] 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 30-kilometer-long (19 mi) 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.[9][10]
References
Notes
Sources
- Приморский крайисполком. "Приморский край. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1968 г." Дальневосточное книжное издательство. Владивосток, 1968.