My business trip to Russian Far East_Khabarovsk

[Zohid]

Hi everyone,

Looking through photos in my Google Photos, I have found some amazing photos of the last business trip with my colleague to Russian Far East.

So, I have decided to share a story about two main cities of Russian Far East-Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. In this post, I will talk about only Khabarovsk. And in my next post, I will tell you a new story about Vladivostok.

DAY 1.

We departed from Daegu International Airport late at night. The flight took a bit more than 2 hours to Khabarovsk. Since we took one of the Korean local budget airline (LCC) there was no in-flight entertainment so I read for a while and fell asleep. We took a taxi and went to the hotel as soon as we arrived at Khabarovsk International Airport at around 2:00 a.m (local time).

DAY 2.

We started day 2 with our mission to complete some meetings with our potential partners.

And then started exploring Khabarovsk city! Even though Khabarovsk is pretty big city, its attractions are limited.

Many landmarks of the city are located along Amur river within 1~3 km. So, they can be explored on foot (make sure to wear comfortable shoes though). Main attractions of the city are Churches & Cathedrals, beautiful buildings, Amur river and some parks. We started exploring the city at around 10:00 a.m and saw most of the city parts by 6 p.m. So I should say that Khabarovsk can be explored within a day.

We visited the city in August, so weather was perfect! Not too hot and not too cold. It was great chance to escape humid and hot weather of Seoul for a while.

On the way to Amur River, we entered to a petite library called 'The Far East National Library. There was a small coffee shop. The owner of the coffee shop was super friendly. We had a cup of coffee and enjoyed seeing some books and vintage magazines of 1930~1960.

One of the main landmarks of Khabarovsk is an orthodox church-Uspenskiy Sobor. The church was built in 1876 and is one of the biggest churches of the city. This place should not be missed if you travel to Khabarovsk.

Finally, we reached Amur River. This river is also called ‘Heilong Jiang’ and is considered world’s ten longest river! The river is forming the border between Russian Far East and Northeastern China.

Next stop is ‘Khabarovsk Regional Museum’. This is very informative and interesting place to get to know about the Far East. The place exhibits the region’s history and fauna. The museum is pretty big, so expect to spend minimum an hour.

After exploring Amur River side, we had lunch and decided to explore the city’s parks and squares.

We spent some time in Park Dinamo. There is a lake in the center of the park and some cafes. There were some locals playing chess. It is good to spend an hour here.

Lenin Square was our last stop before catching an 11 hours overnight train to Vladivostok. The square is located in the heart of the city and is must-visit place during winter to enjoy ice sculptures. It is also good to spend some time relaxing in the square in summer.

We spent productive one day in Khabarovsk. We had meeting with partners and explored the most famous city landmarks such as churches, buildings, river, museum, parks etc.

So, this is it! It is time to take an overnight train from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok. In my next post, I am going to share my experience about Russian train and lovely city-Vladivostok!

Cheers!

Zohid.

[Zohid]

Hi everyone,

Looking through photos in my Google Photos, I have found some amazing photos of the last business trip with my colleague to Russian Far East.

So, I have decided to share a story about two main cities of Russian Far East-Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. In this post, I will talk about only Khabarovsk. And in my next post, I will tell you a new story about Vladivostok.

DAY 1.

We departed from South Korea, Daegu International Airport late at night. The flight took a bit more than 2 hours to Khabarovsk. I had a yummy tuna sandwich on board. Since we took one of the Korean local budget airline (LCC) there was no in-flight entertainment so I read for a while and fell asleep. We took a taxi and went to the hotel as soon as we arrived at Khabarovsk International Airport at around 2:00 a.m (local time).

DAY 2.

We started day 2 with our mission to complete some meetings with our potential partners.

And then started exploring Khabarovsk city! Even though Khabarovsk is pretty big city, its attractions are limited.

Many landmarks of the city are located along Amur river within 1~3 km. So, they can be explored on foot (make sure to wear comfortable shoes though). Main attractions of the city are Churches & Cathedrals, beautiful buildings, Amur river and some parks. We started exploring the city at around 10:00 a.m and saw most of the city parts by 6 p.m. So I should say that Khabarovsk can be explored within a day.

We visited the city in August, so weather was perfect! Not too hot and not too cold. It was great chance to escape humid and hot weather of Seoul for a while.

On the way to Amur River, we entered to a petite library called 'The Far East National Library. There was a small coffee shop. The owner of the coffee shop was super friendly. We had a cup of coffee and enjoyed seeing some books and vintage magazines of 1930~1960.

One of the main landmarks of Khabarovsk is an orthodox church-Uspenskiy Sobor. The church was built in 1876 and is one of the biggest churches of the city. This place should not be missed if you travel to Khabarovsk.

Finally, we reached Amur River. This river is also called ‘Heilong Jiang’ and is considered world’s 10th longest river! The river is forming the border between Russian Far East and Northeastern China.

Next stop is ‘Khabarovsk Regional Museum’. This is very informative and interesting place to get to know about the Far East. The place exhibits the region’s history and fauna. The museum is pretty big, so expect to spend minimum an hour.

After exploring Amur River side, we had lunch and decided to explore the city’s parks and squares.

We spent some time in Park Dinamo. There is a lake in the center of the park and some cafes. There were some locals playing chess. It is good to spend an hour here.

Lenin Square was our last stop before catching an 11 hours overnight train to Vladivostok. The square is located in the heart of the city and is must-visit place during winter to enjoy ice sculptures. It is also good to spend some time relaxing in the square in summer.

We spent productive one day in Khabarovsk. We had meeting with partners and explored the most famous city landmarks such as churches, buildings, river, museum, parks etc.

So, this is it! It is time to take an overnight train from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok. In my next post, I am going to share my experience about Russian train and lovely city-Vladivostok!

Cheers!

Zohid.

[TsekoV]

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Do you visit get the chance to visit those places very often? What was the feeling to be there? It is only a dream that I have to visit there one day…

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[Zohid]

Thank you for informing on my released post @TsekoV .

I was wondering why did my post disappear suddenly

I have read the article about spam you shared. Thank you!

[TsekoV]

Hi @Zohid ,

You are welcome!

I want to ask you what was the feeling to be visiting these cities? I used to live for 3 years in Beijing and have traveled to the northest part of China, somewhere close to the places you visited. Did you travel by plane or did you take the train?

[Zohid]

Hello @TsekoV

Oh yeah, Amur river is forming a border between Khabarovsk and Northern China (Heilongjiang province). So, the Northern China is pretty close to Khabarovsk. The city felt very relaxing for me! We visited in August and the weather was very pleasant-not too hot and not too cold. Just perfect!

I think, comparing to Vladivostok, Khabarovsk was more Russian city. Because Vladivostok is pretty famous for neighbor countries such as Japan, S.Korea and China. It is pretty easy to see many Asians tourists in Vladivostok. But, in Khabarovsk, I did not see many tourists.

We took a plane from Daegu (S.Korea) to Khabarovsk as there is no train is available from S.Korea to Russia. But we did take an overnight train from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok.

[TsekoV]

Hi @Zohid ,

You really have been to so many interesting places! I would like to ask you how many hours was the train from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok? A dream that I have is one day to take the train from Moscow to Beijing. It is a legendary train, passing through the Trans-Siberian Railway Network.

By the way, I did visit Heilongjiang province of China during the winter. It was one of the coldest places I have ever been to. Here is a post that I wrote about my trip China’s most northern part 一个保加利亚人探索中国：黑龙江的冬季.

P.S. Do you know if it is possible to oversee the aurora borealis over those places? I have heard rumors that in some parts of Heilongjiang, the northern lights did appear. This must be a view everyone must see.

[Zohid]

Hi @TsekoV

Indeed, I really enjoyed the trip in the Far East. The train from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok took around 11 hours 40 minutes. We took overnight train so unfortunately we could not enjoy the view from the train. Intersting thing about the train was that the train departure and arrival time were in Moscow time. And the thing is that Khabarovsk local time was +8 hours ahead of Moscow local time. So, we had to be extra careful when we booked our train ticket

Your dream sounds wonderful. I also want to take Trans-Siberian Train one day from Vladivostok to Moscow!

I have visited your post that you shared. I really liked the pictures you shared. I can feel cold even through the pictures you shared!

Looks amazing. And most of your posts were in Chinese. It seemed you are very familiar with Chinese language and culture.

I am not sure if aurora can be seen in Russian Far East. But, there is one Russian Far East based low cost carrier which is called ‘AURORA’ airlines (subsidiary of Aeroflot). Maybe the airline name was inspired by aurora borealis in the Russian Far East but not sure.