Olga, Russia
Encyclopedia
Olga is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) and the administrative center of Olginsky District
of Primorsky Krai
, Russia
, situated on the Olga Bay
of the Sea of Japan
, 240 kilometres (149.1 mi) northeast of Nakhodka
. Population:
The military post of Olga was established by the Russians in 1860, several months after the area passed to Russia under the terms of the Treaty of Aigun
. It was named for Saint Olga
. In the 19th century, the village had a significant Chinese minority.
During the Balhae
period, a town called Anju (Hangul
:안주, Hanja
: 安州) was founded near the present-day Olga, on the shores of Olga Bay, which was the administrative center of Anbyeon Prefecture (Hangul
: 안변부, Hanja
:安邊府).
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 Olginsky District
Olginsky District
Olginsky District is an administrative and municipal district of Primorsky Krai, Russia; one of the twenty-two in the krai. It is located in the southeastern portion of the krai and borders with Kavalerovsky District in the north, the Sea of Japan in the east, southeast, and south, Lazovsky...
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
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, situated on the Olga Bay
Olga Bay
Olga Bay is a small bay in the Sea of Japan at the east coast of Primorsky Krai.Olga Bay was discovered in 1859 by the Russian corvette Amerika and named after Saint Olga....
of the Sea of Japan
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...
, 240 kilometres (149.1 mi) northeast of Nakhodka
Nakhodka
Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok...
. Population:
The military post of Olga was established by the Russians in 1860, several months after the area passed to Russia under the terms of the Treaty of Aigun
Treaty of Aigun
The Treaty of Aigun was a 1858 treaty between the Russian Empire, and the empire of the Qing Dynasty, the sinicized-Manchu rulers of China, that established much of the modern border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria , which is now known as Northeast China...
. It was named for Saint Olga
Olga of Kiev
Saint Olga , or Olga the Beauty, hypothetically Old Norse: Helga In some Scandinavian sources she was called other name. born c. 890 died 11 July 969, Kiev) was a ruler of Kievan Rus' as regent Saint Olga , or Olga the Beauty, hypothetically Old Norse: Helga In some Scandinavian sources she was...
. In the 19th century, the village had a significant Chinese minority.
During the Balhae
Balhae
Balhae was a Manchurian kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo's capital and southern territories fell to Unified Silla, Dae Jo-yeong, a Mohe general, whose father was Dae Jung-sang, established Jin , later called Balhae.Balhae occupied southern parts of Manchuria and...
period, a town called Anju (Hangul
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
:안주, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 安州) was founded near the present-day Olga, on the shores of Olga Bay, which was the administrative center of Anbyeon Prefecture (Hangul
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
: 안변부, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
:安邊府).
