Primorskaya Oblast
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Primorskaya Oblast (Russian: Примо́рская о́бласть) was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR, created on October 31, 1856 by the Governing Senate.[1] The name of the region literally means "Maritime" or "Coastal." The region was established upon a Russian conquest of Daur people that used to live along Amur River. Before the Russian conquest of Russian Manchuria, the territory belonged to the Chinese region of Manchuria.
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Primorskaya Oblast Примо́рская о́бласть Primorskaya oblast' | |||||||||||
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Oblast of Russia and Far Eastern Republic | |||||||||||
1856–1922 | |||||||||||
Capital | Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (1856-1880) Khabarovka (1880-1888) Vladivostok (1888-1922) | ||||||||||
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• Established | 31 October 1856 | ||||||||||
• Transformed into Primorskaya Governorate | 1922 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Russia |
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