Description Harbin, China

Harbin - a city in northeast China, the administrative center of Heilongjiang Province. Harbin - is quite a famous tourist center with a unique northern landscape and color. About Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, which is known for its huge sculptures of ice and snow, known not only in China but also in other countries. At present, Harbin is the most visited Russian tourists in China. Harbin Chinese themselves call their "northern treasure.

Harbin is located in the northeastern part of China, the Songhua River, a tributary of the Amur.

The construction of the city began in 1898 in connection with the construction of the Sino-Russia Eastern Railway on the site of a fishing village. The city was open to Russian and Chinese traders. In the early 19 century, Harbin has become a large city with a significant amount of flour and butter-making enterprises.

In 1998, the city celebrated the centenary of its foundation. Of these, more than sixty years of its history of Harbin was connected with Russia. During the revolution, Harbin was the capital of the Russian emigration in Asia, one of the symbols of the Russian diaspora. The life of Russian emigrants was multifaceted and saturated. It worked hospitals and schools, came out magazines and newspapers, worked numerous community organizations.

Older areas of Harbin to this day retain the features of Russian architecture. After the October Revolution, many nobles, officers, and the Whites fled to Harbin, and contributed greatly to its development and elevation. In 1932 the city was occupied by the Japanese. After Japan's surrender in the Second World War, Soviet troops occupied Harbin, and handed him over to the Chinese Communists, for the victory which was extremely important industrial facilities in Harbin.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China Harbin role as a center of heavy industry expanded. It had been resettled people from southern China. Currently, Harbin has become one of the main transit point for trade with Russia, which owes its current rapid growth.