Khabarovsk is the largest city in the Russian Far East, located at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers near the Chinese border. The city has a population of around 600,000 and was founded in 1858. It has a distinctly European architectural style with tree-lined streets and graceful 19th-20th century buildings. Major landmarks include Muravyov-Amursky Boulevard, the city's main street, and the Amur Bridge, completed in 1916. The city is also home to several museums housed in elegant historical buildings along Shevchenko Street.
72. Cathedral Square , with Assumption Cathedral ( Komsomolskaya in soviet times) Muravyov-Amursky Amur Shipping Co . Shevchenko st. museums Stairway down to the river
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98. Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Khabarovsk Scientific Center 9, Shevchenko st .
99. Institute of Applied Mathematics Computer Center Institute for Material Studies Institute of Machinery and Metallurgy Mining Institute Institute of Water and Ecological Problems Economic Research Institute Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problems Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics
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101. The russian orthodox Grado-Khabarovsk Cathedral of Mother of God’s Assumption Constructed in 2002 . to replace the cathedral destroyed in the 1930s.
117. The railways, from west and east, from north and south are coming together in Khabarovsk. The Railway square is the Railway Gates of Khabarovsk City . .
140. The first wooden church in Khabarovsk Bbuilt in 1868 , two years later it was consecrated and named as Innokentievskaya, in the honor of the holy Innokenty, the first bishop of Irkutsk city, patron of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
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155. Only completed in 2004, at 83 meters this is the 3rd tallest church in all Russia
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159. The spectacular set of the cathedral and the seminary makes this square the most monumental in town.
257. The Amur River sets the fronteer between Russia and China; but in places like this, several islands and canals make the line dubious – and some conflict exists: here the russians have buit in a hurry a little chapel to affirm their sovereignt…