TASS has launched an Internet portal DV.land about the Russian Far East. The Russian Far East is a huge area of northeastern Eurasia stretching from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean. Far Eastern city of Vladivostok located not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean. Far Eastern beautiful lighthouses through the eyes of TASS photographer Yuri Smityuk - in this image gallery.
On the edge of Eurasia: Far Eastern lighthouses
The Russian Far East is a huge area of northeastern Eurasia stretching from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean
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Basargin lighthouse stands at the main sea gates of Vladivostok and is one of the city's most recognizable symbols
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS It's an important navigation reference for the vessels entering the Zolotoy Rog Bay through the Eastern Bosphorus strait
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS The lighthouse was built in 1958
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Ships entering the port of the city also guided by Skryplev lighthouse. Photo: Skryplev island with its lighthouse in Eastern Bosphorus strait
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Skryplev lighthouse was built in 1890
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS The lighthouse was named after Konstantin Skryplev - officer of russian navy and geographer
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Nepristupniy lighthouse in Wrangel Bay
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Nepristupniy lighthouse was built in 1973
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Nepristupniy lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Busse lighthouse is located near the village of Slavyanka on Cape Bruce in Peter the Great gulf, the largest gulf of the Sea of Japan adjoining the coast of Russia's Primorski Krai
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Bell at Busse lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Busse lighthouse was built in 1911
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Busse lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Sysoev lighthouse was built in 1932
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS The keeper of the Sysoev lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Povorotnyi lighthouse is located on Cape Povorotny, among East Coast of Primorye and South Primorye
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS View from the tower of the Povorotnyi lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Povorotnyi lighthouse was built in 1892
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS The keeper of the Povorotnyi lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Povorotnyi lighthouse
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS