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.

1. The refined elegance of Khabarovsk Khabarovsk , pop. 600 000, is t he largest city of the Russian Far East.

9. From the town´s main square, decorated with fountains and gardens, starts the elegant main street, Muravyov-Amursky boulevard.

10. The long avenue stretches from the square down to the river Amur.

11. The Government of the Khabarovsk Krai , the province of Khabarovsk.

27. The Old Duma , one of the oldest buildings in the city. Nº 17-19 Muravyov – Amursky

31. Built in 1907-09

35. Theater for the young spectator, Khabarovsk Regional Youth Theater

39. Old “town hall”, 1909

51. Lotus trade center, M-A 7

53. Trading center Kunst and Albers, with its summer esplanade

56. Downstreet to the river

72. Cathedral Square , with Assumption Cathedral ( Komsomolskaya in soviet times) Muravyov-Amursky Amur Shipping Co . Shevchenko st. museums Stairway down to the river

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

101. The russian orthodox Grado-Khabarovsk Cathedral of Mother of God’s Assumption Constructed in 2002 . to replace the cathedral destroyed in the 1930s.

114. Khabarovsk Railway Station

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 . .

119. The Trans Siberian railroad

124. Привокзальная площадь The Station square, where Amursky boulevard starts.

125. Tram lines run along the first part of Amursky blv.

130. Restaurant “Khabarovsk” Volochaevskaya street

136. Far Eastern State Transport University formed in 1937 as the Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers .

138. “ The arch”, a neoclassical building

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.

155. Only completed in 2004, at 83 meters this is the 3rd tallest church in all Russia

159. The spectacular set of the cathedral and the seminary makes this square the most monumental in town.

171. Far Eastern Railway Co .

173. Lions close to City Park entry

197. Sheronov street

214. Ferry station Amur

215. In summer, boat cruises start from the beach.

218. This is where the city was founded in the spring of 1858: here the mighty waters of the Amur River break against a high cliff.

220. The cliff facing the Amur is an icon of the city; the building at the top is now a restaurant - Café Utyos - at the bottom of Shevchenko street.

224. Café Utyos, 15 Shevchenko St.

230. The Amur balcons, overlooking to China

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…

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