Series:Russia is my homeland Name: Vladivostok Telegraph Origin: Hong Kong Issuer: Mega Power Hong Kong Group Limited Made by: Mega Power Hong Kong Group Limited Designer: Iren Ter Sarkisya Weight 23 grams Standard 999 Diameter 45 mm Face value: 50 Copecks of The Government of The Merkulov Brothers Mintage: 400 pcs Date: 2013 Obverse A rented apartment house. It was built in 1907 -1908 by Taisya Popugaeva, a wife of local functionary. In1916 the house was sold for arrearage in Vladivostok district court to Alexey Dydyshko, a retired staff captain and administrator of “Churin and Co Trade House” in Nikolsk-Ussuriysk (now Ussuriysk).In the same year, all third floor of the building was occupied by Northern telegraph company. In 1923, following Dydyshko emigration, his property was nationalized and all the building was given to Vladivostok Telegraph, which occupies it up to now.The house was built in neocolonial Russian style, that was characteristic for stone-made houses at the turn of XIX-XX in the Far East of the Russian Empire Reverse “Gaydamak” was a wooden screw clipper launched in 1860. It was built by Pitcher in Norfolk (UK). In 1860 she left for Far East. During her navigation she called several Chinese ports, Novgorod Harbor and spent more than month in the Peter the Great Bay. She was engaged in hydrographical surveys and served like a cruiser. The crew made a detailed description of Vostok and Gaydamak creek in the Peter the Great Bay. A creek in the western part of the Peter the Great Baym a cape in Providenya Bay and a street in Vladivostok were named after her.

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