Russian Far East
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The term Russian Far East ("Dal'nii Vostok" in Russian) refers to the extreme south-east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific.

The Russian Far East includes the territories of Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai and Sakhalin. Major cities in the Russian Far East include Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

The Russian Far East should not be confused with Siberia, which - at least to the Russian mind - does not stretch all the way to the Pacific, but ends about 1000 miles west of it.

Russian Far East also is the name of a Russian federal district. It consists of the following subdivisions:

• Amur Oblast
  • Jewish Autonomous Oblast
    (Jewish Autonomous Republic)
• Kamchatka Oblast
  • Autonomous district of the Koryaks
• Khabarovsk Region (Khabarovsk Krai)
• Magadan Oblast
  • Autonomous district of the Chukchi
• Maritime Province (Primorsky Krai)
• Sakha *
• Sakhalin Oblast

External links

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia -- Administrative maps of Russia (legends in Russian)
• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/dfo.html

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Far_East.
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