Construction terms for a bridge in Vladivostok, which caught fire on Monday afternoon, will remain unchanged, a deputy head of the construction company said on Tuesday. The bridge is among infrastructure objects to be built for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2012. It will connect the mainland part of the city with Russky Island, [...]
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December 13, 2011
December 5, 2011
Far Eastern University/APEC summit facility commissioned by 50 percent
Construction workers have commissioned five of the 11 buildings planned for the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) being built on Russky Island, Vladivostok. The university buildings will be used during the 2012 APEC summit. “The plan called for the commissioning of the first five FEFU buildings on February 28, 2012. But the builders are now [...]
November 2, 2011
Krushchev’s San Francisco
Krushchev’s San Francisco By Irina Filatova The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 2, 2011 (Issue # 1681) IRINA FILATOVA / SPT Workers building a bridge across Zolotoi Rog Bay that will shorten the distance from downtown Vladivostok to Cape Churkin. VLADIVOSTOK — Just months after Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev jokingly promised to show “Kuzka’s mother” to the Americans [...]