Artyom

Artem is a city in Russia, the regional subordination to the Primorsky Territory.

Founded in 1924 as a working settlement at the brown coal deposit, the city from October 26, 1938. Named after the Russian revolutionary Artem (Fyodor Andreevich Sergeev) (1883-1921).

The city is located in the northern part of the Muravyov-Amur Peninsula, 53 km northeast of Vladivostok, there are outlets to the Amur and Ussuri Bays. The area of the urban district is 506.4 km2.

The urban district includes the villages of Knevichi, Krolevtsi, Deer, Surazhevka and Clear. Until 2004 also included urban-type settlements Artemovsky, Factory and Uglovoe, but during the municipal reform were abolished and included directly in the city. The population of the 2002 census was 64,145, of which 45.8% were men and 54.2% were women. In 2005, after the annexation of the settlements of Artemovsky, Zavodskaya and Uglovoe, the population of the city increased to 102.3 thousand people (currently the population is 106,692 people (2018)).

Artem is a large logistics center, it houses an international airport, and the Trans-Siberian Railway passes through it. In the city there are enterprises of metallurgical, food and printing industry.

In Artem there is a gambling zone "Primorye", there is a ski resort "Blue Sopka".

Famous residents: V. A. Terzuul - Ukrainian mountaineer, conqueror of all eight-thousanders of the world, Y. Shilova - writer, T. Ozhigova - actress, M. Degtyar - director.