Posyet


Posyet is an urban locality in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population:

Etymology

It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet.

History

It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai. It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet. The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.

Economy

Largest enterprise JSC Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three mooring lines of gravitational type.

Climate

Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate with warm, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall.