Meaning of Turiy Rog | Babel Free

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A village in Khankaysky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia, on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka near the border with Mishan, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.

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“A Tass message from Moscow July 27 stated that on July 23 a frontier guard patrol of the U.S.S.R. discovered, that in the region of Turiy Rog, a frontier post denoting the Soviet-Manchurian frontier had been removed and carried away into Manchurian territory. At the place of location of the post, footprints of people were discovered leading to Manchurian territory, while 250 metres from this place, on Manchurian territory, a platoon of Manchurian troops in battle formation was noticed.”

“The main railway line is the Trans-Siberian, which here runs south along the Ussuri River to its terminus at Vladivostok. A number of short branch lines serve mining areas (Kraskino and Suchan) or lead to the USSR—Chinese border towns (Grodekovo and Turiy Rog).”

“Dairy farming has been developed around the lake, and its fishing industry contributes to the extensive food production of the area, much of which is processed at Voroshilov. A branch of the Trans-Siberian Railroad runs to the lakeside at Kamen-Rybolov and Turiy Rog, both on its western shore.”

“In the Maritime Territory there are four crossing points with Сhina*⁸, among which the Pogranichiny-Shuifunhe is now the only point available to those who have ordinary documents. The other three points are limited to those with official endorsement, and three disputed areas are located near these crossing points. The first place is located 20 km west of Turiy Rog Village on a border-crossing near the Khanka Lake; the second is the P-Letter district near the Poltavka-Dongning crossing point; and finally the third comprises two small strips north of Khasan Lake near the Khasan border-crossing into North Korea and China.”

Yutaka Akino

“A Siberian tiger that wandered into a Russian village from China was videotaped attacking a car, terrifying its occupants, and then literally running over a female farmer as villagers attempted to scare it away from the area. The incident occurred in the village of Turiy Rog in the Russian province of Primary^([sic – meaning Primorsky/Primorye]) on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka.”

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