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St. Sophia Orthodox Cathedral was built in 1907 after the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1903, which connected Vladivostok to northeast China. The Russian No.4 Army Division arrived in this region just after Russia's loss to the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905).
The Diocese of Harbin and Manchuria (Chinese: 哈尔滨教区, Russian: Харбинская и Маньчжурская епархия) is a canonical, structural and territorial-administrative subdivision of the Chinese Orthodox Church.
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Central Street or Zhongyang Street (Chinese: 中央大街) is a pedestrian street located in central Harbin, China. Measuring 1450 meters long, it is currently the longest pedestrian street in Asia [2] and the only cobbled street in Harbin. [3] It was built in 1898 by Russian constructors when the city was at its semi-colonial period.
Harbin, capital of China’s Heilongjiang province, was once home to many Russian expatriates and retains some of that history in its architecture, such as the central St. Sophia Cathedral, a ...
By far the most populous and densely populated of Harbin's county-level divisions, [4] it borders the districts of Daowai and Xiangfang to the northeast, Pingfang to the southeast, Shuangcheng to the south, and Daoli to the west. A new subway system is also being built currently. Nan'gang district is also known for the business area around the ...
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia ...
Saint Sophia Cathedral may refer to: Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Harbin, China; Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine; Saint Sophia Cathedral, London, United Kingdom; Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Russia; Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk, considered a mother church of Belarus