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Vladivostok ( Russian : Владивосто́к ; IPA: [vlədʲɪvɐˈstok] , literally ruler of the East ) is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai , Russia , located at the head of the Golden Horn Bay , not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea . The population of the city as of the 2010 Census was 592,034, down from 594,701 recorded in the 2002 Census . The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean .
The name Vladivostok loosely translates from Russian as "the ruler of the East"—a name similar to Vladikavkaz which means "the ruler of the Caucasus ". In Chinese , the place where the city is situated nowadays was known since the Qing Dynasty as Haishenwai ( 海參崴, Hǎishēnwǎi ), from the Manchu " Haišenwei " or "small seaside village"; the Chinese name can also be interpreted as " sea cucumber bay". In modern-day China , it is officially known by the transliteration Fuladiwosituoke ( 符拉迪沃斯托克, Fúlādíwòsītuōkè
Project 21900 and Project 21900M icebreakers (also referred as LK-16 ) are a series of five Russian icebreakers . Two project 21900 icebreakers ( Moskva and Sankt-Peterburg ) were built at Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg in 2008 and three project 21900M icebreakers are currently under construction, two at Vyborg Shipyard in Vyborg and one at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki . Two of the new vessels ( Vladivostok and Murmansk ) are expected to enter service in 2015 and the last one ( Novorossiysk )