Nakhodka, RUSSIA

About Nakhodka  I  Sister City Relationship  I  Nakhodka Links
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Agreement Date: 1989 
Population: 150,000 
Mayor: Oleg Kolyadin
Sister City Coordinator: Irina Scherbina
Major Industries: Trade and port-related activities, ship repair, fishing and lumber.

   View of Nakhodka Bay

Current Events (posted 1/18/05):  Russian Express Language Lab invites all Russian language learners to participate in a self-guided Russian study group. We are a diverse collection of individuals who share a desire to better our knowledge of the Russian language. The group includes beginning students, professional interpreters and translators, and native Russian and English speakers. Students are encouraged to bring study materials of their own choosing. Meetings can include discussion of news articles, literature, grammar, movies, lyrics, professional opportunities, and language-related technologies. We welcome all ages and skill levels to join us in self-study, discussion and development of Russian language skills. The group meets every two weeks.
Contact Ashley Fullenwider for more information at: alf94@comcast.net or call 360-224-0494.

Past Events:

• Nakhodka campers visit Bellingham (8/00)
• Nakhodka celebrates 50-year anniversary (5/00)

About Nakhodka

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)

The Sister City Relationship

Over the past ten 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 the the mid-1970's when Bellingham Cold Storage established the first ever joint Soviet American joint venture company, the offices of which were in Bellingham and Nakhodka.

1997 Visit to Nakhodka by members of Bellingham Rotary Clubs.	The group has lunch at the Nakhodka Art Museum.	Overlooking the harbor.	Russian campers from Camp Antares spend July at Camp 4-Winds on Orcas Island (1998).
Sister City visitors from Tateyama, Nakhodka and Punta Arenas pose at the 1998 Ski-to-Sea Parade .	Looking across Nakhodka Harbor at the Hotel Yuan-Dun, built by the Chinese.	Nakhodka's Marine Passenger Terminal, where cruise ships call and most large receptions are held.	American kids from Camp 4-Winds during their trip to Nakhodka, posing with Nakhodka's Mayor, Victor Gnezdilov.
A large cruise ship calling at Nakhodka's Marine Passenger Terminal.	An aerial view of Nakhodka's main square, with the  financial center in the foreground and City Hall on the right.

Nakhodka Links

nakhodkarussia.com (in English)
nakhodka.ru (in Russian)
farpost.ru: Links to Russian Far East resources
GeoCities: Nakhodka Statistics
Russian Jokes and Humor (in Russian)
Russian Jokes and Humor (in English)

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