The city was actually named by the Russians. In 1898 the Russian Empire leased the peninsula from the Qing Dynasty. During the Russo-Japanese War (1905) in near by Port Arthur, the Russian Naval fleet had a major battle with the Japanese.Some Russian presents is still seen in Dalian, a few signs in Russian, Russian music can be heard on the streets and there is a Russian district. However, very few Russians actually live in Dalian now. I've met a few students from Russia studing Chinese.
* The words on the building are in Russian.
3 comments:
Hey Alla,
Are you at least a Pushkin fan?
Glad to hear you made it safely and that you are enojying the experience. How are the classes? Challenging I am sure.
Be well and see you when you get back.
Bruce
Cool blog, Alla! I love the pictures. Thanks for taking the time to post. We miss you here.
Honey,
I want to see more pictures of you!! The city is great to look at too of course. The buildings remind me of those in Russia. No wonder this city was built by the Russians.
I miss you! Hope you are having a great time. Are you still not able to make outbound calls? If not, it's OK. We'll call you!
Kisses,
Your sis
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