One thing you can say with the Czarist Russians, they created some of the prettiest cities, be it in the Cossack heartland of eastern Ukraine with Donetsk, in the edge of the steppes with Alma-Ata (Almaty) in Kazakhstan, in cold northern Siberia with Tomsk, among many others, but the best are in the Russian Far East. Next to St. Petersburg in the far west, my favorite Russian city is just 30 kilometers north of the Chinese border along the Amur River in the far east. Cities can seldom be more picturesque than this.
Khabarovsk is the capital of the Russian Far East (2010: 577,441 inhabitants), though Vladivostok 800 kilometers to the southeast is bigger. Now, we
take a ride through Karl Marx Avenue, passing through Lenin Square then
follow Muravyov-Amursky Street towards the Amur River, where we either
can swim in a riverside beach or take a riverboat to do some bargain
shopping in China.
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| Karla Marksa Ulitsa |
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| On the left is Lenin Square |
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| Lenin Square |
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| Muravyov-Amursky Street from Lenin Square towards the Amur River |
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| Khabarovsk Dormition Cathedral on Komsomolskaya Square at the tip of Muravyov-Amursky Street by the riverside promenade |
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| the beach with blondes in their skimpy bikinis |
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| The river boat to China |
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