It seems that the author of the video does not know that in fact this city was founded and built by the Russians in 1898 on the site of the Chinese fishing village of Qingniva (kit. The new city consisted of three parts: an administrative town, a European city, and a Chinese city. Russia spent 30 million gold rubles on the construction of the city (about 11.5 billion modern Russian rubles). The construction took about 7 years. With its architectural and planning advantages, Dalny stood out not only among the cities of the Sino-Eastern Railway, but also, according to Russian experts of that time, among the new cities of Russia, it was the only one that was planned both beautifully and interestingly. In terms of population, he quickly moved to the second place in Manchuria after Mukden (Shenyang). The well-equipped and mechanized port at that time hosted ocean-going vessels and in a short time took the second (after Shanghai) place in cargo turnover on the entire continental coast from the Sea of Okhotsk to the South China Sea.
Nice walk, we walked there two weeks ago, also. New Years decoration was complete a few days after.
2024 jan
It seems that the author of the video does not know that in fact this city was founded and built by the Russians in 1898 on the site of the Chinese fishing village of Qingniva (kit. The new city consisted of three parts: an administrative town, a European city, and a Chinese city. Russia spent 30 million gold rubles on the construction of the city (about 11.5 billion modern Russian rubles). The construction took about 7 years. With its architectural and planning advantages, Dalny stood out not only among the cities of the Sino-Eastern Railway, but also, according to Russian experts of that time, among the new cities of Russia, it was the only one that was planned both beautifully and interestingly. In terms of population, he quickly moved to the second place in Manchuria after Mukden (Shenyang). The well-equipped and mechanized port at that time hosted ocean-going vessels and in a short time took the second (after Shanghai) place in cargo turnover on the entire continental coast from the Sea of Okhotsk to the South China Sea.
No wonder it's look like European city