Sovetskaya Gavan (Russian: Советская Гавань) - city in Russia, in Khabarovsk Krai, port on the Strait of Tartary (part of Sea of Japan), eastern terminus of the BAM railway line. Population 30,480 (2002). City established in 1941. Khabarovsk Krai (Хаба́ровский кра́й) (1995 pop. ... Strait of Tartary (Gulf of Tartary, Gulf of Tatary, Tatar Strait, Tartar Strait, Strait of Tartar, also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) strait in the Pacific Ocean dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin from mainland Asia (South-East Russia), connecting the Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the... The Sea of Japan, known as the East Sea in South Korea, the East Sea of Korea in North Korea, and the Japan Sea in China, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bound by the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu and Sakhalin island to the... Russian Байкало-Амурская Магистраль, Baikal-Amur Magistral, BAM) is a railway line in Russia. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Known as the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), this recent extension departs from the Trans-Siberian line several hundred miles west of Lake Baikal and passes the lake at its northernmost extremity.
It reaches the Pacific to the northeast of Khabarovsk, at SovetskayaGavan (i.e., Soviet Haven, a.k.a.
Sovgavan, Sovietgavan, and earlier Imperatorskaya Gavan, i.e., Imperial Haven).