Nakhodka, RUSSIA
View of Nakhodka Bay
Agreement Date: 1989
Population: 150,000
Mayor: Oleg Kolyadin
Sister City Coordinator: Irina Shcherbina at IShcherbina@mail.admcity.nht.ru
Major Industries: Trade and port-related activities, ship repair, fishing and lumber.
Past Events:
Nakhodka is a port city located in the Russian Far East at the terminus of the Trans Siberian Railroad. Its fairly large population works in the fishing, ship repair, transport and timber industries. The city is bordered on the one side by a deep forest called the Taiga where wild Siberian (Manchurian) tigers still roam. It is bordered on the other side by the waters of Peter the Great Bay and the Sea of Japan.
Map of Russia: Nakhodka is located
in the lower right corner (Southeast)
Over the past twenty years, many business, cultural and summer-camp exchanges have taken place. Bellingham Rotarians sponsored the creation of the first Rotary club in Nakhodka, and since then have participated in several joint-venture Rotary projects with the Nakhodka club. A summer camp exchange has thrived over the past 10 years. Museum, library and art gallery exchanges have also occurred. Bellingham’s ties with Nakhodka date back to the mid-1970′s when Bellingham Cold Storage established the first ever Soviet/American joint venture company, the offices of which were in Bellingham and Nakhodka.
nakhodkarussia.com (in English)
http://www.nakhodka-city.ru/
farpost.ru: Links to Russian Far East resources
Wikipedia, statistics about Nakhodka
Russian Jokes and Humor (in Russian)
| Russian Event | Location | Date |
| New Year | National holiday | Jan. 1-6 |
| Russian Orthodox Christmas | National holiday | Jan. 7 |
| Women’s Day | March 8 | |
| May Day (Spring Holiday) | May 1 | |
| Independence Day | National holiday | June 12 |
| Anniversary of the October Revolution | National holiday | November 7 |
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