Pogranichny (Russian: Пограни́чный) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pogranichny District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) east of the China–Russia border and 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Vladivostok. Population: 10,280 (2010 Census);[1] 12,221 (2002 Census);[4] 11,333 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
Pogranichny
Пограничный | |
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Location of Pogranichny  | |
  Pogranichny Location of Pogranichny  Pogranichny Pogranichny (Primorsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 44°24′N 131°23′E / 44.400°N 131.383°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Pogranichny District |
| Gorodevko | 1898 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1936 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,280 |
| • Capital of | Pogranichny District |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 692582 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42345 |
| OKTMO ID | 05632151051 |
History
editIn 1898 Orenburg Cossacks from the first Host district founded the Grodekovo (Гроде́ково) railway station, named after Nikolay Ivanovich Grodekov, Governor General of Priamurye (in office: 1898–1902). The settlement received its present name, "Pogranichny" – which means "border (town)" – in 1958.[6]
Cross-border rail traffic
editThe railway station in Pogranichny (still called Grodekovo for railway purposes) is the first one east of the Sino-Russian border on the Harbin–Ussuriysk (for Vladivostok) branch of the former Chinese Eastern Railway, the "Trans Manchurian Line". There are currently (December 2013) no through passenger trains between Harbin and Ussuriysk; however, two local trains daily in each direction connect Suifenhe (the last Chinese station on the western side of the border) to Pogranichny. The 27-km journey takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes.[7]
Climate
editPogranichny has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), with very cold and dry winters and very warm and wet summers.
| Climate data for Pogranichny | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.9 (98.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
10.7 (51.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.4 (−4.7) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−1.3 (29.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.9 (−34.4) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−27.6 (−17.7) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
−35.2 (−31.4) |
−36.9 (−34.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.7 (0.26) |
8.1 (0.32) |
13.1 (0.52) |
25.3 (1.00) |
58.6 (2.31) |
95.3 (3.75) |
117.2 (4.61) |
122.5 (4.82) |
64.5 (2.54) |
37.2 (1.46) |
14.5 (0.57) |
9.5 (0.37) |
572.5 (22.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 77.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63.2 | 58.8 | 55.7 | 56.1 | 64.4 | 74.0 | 81.8 | 78.7 | 70.2 | 59.3 | 59.0 | 61.8 | 65.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 183 | 190 | 230 | 215 | 239 | 215 | 208 | 210 | 222 | 214 | 182 | 163 | 2,471 |
| Source 1: climatebase.ru (1930-2008)[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[9] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
editRussian actor Leonid Yarmolnik and Mayor of Barnaul Vladimir Kolganov were born in Grodekovo. Russian poet Arseny Nesmelov died here.
References
edit- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) - "Пограничный (до 1958 — Гродеково) посёлок городского типа, центр Пограничного района Приморского края РСФСР. Расположен на р. Нестеровка. Ж.-д. станция (Гродеково) в 97 км к С.-З. от Уссурийска. Предприятия по обслуживанию транспорта, консервный завод и маслозавод."
- ^ Russian Railways schedules at http://eng.rzd.ru/statice/public/en?STRUCTURE_ID=4129
- ^ "Pogranichnyy, Russia". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ "Climate Normals for POGRANICNYJ". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 26, 2013.