Slavyanka is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

) and the administrative center of Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the opposite side of the Amursky Bay as seen from Vladivostok. Population:

It was founded in 1889 and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1943.

The settlement is connected with Vladivostok

Vladivostok

The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...

by road, by railway, and by sea.

Sources

• Приморский крайисполком. "Приморский край. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1968 г." Дальневосточное книжное издательство. Владивосток, 1968. Стр. 23.