Okhotsk is a settlement of an urban type, the organizational and industrial center of Okhotsk region.It is situated in 1677 km from the Khabarovsk city, on the coast of the Okhotsk sea. The population is about 9 thousand people. Was based in 1647. The first Russian Far Eastern city. Up to the first half of the 19th century it was the basic port of Russia on its east boundaries. From the beginning of the 18th centuries it became the basic point of expeditions, investigating the northern part of the Pacific ocean and Northern America from the West.
In the Okhotsk region the industrial fishing and fish processing is carried on.
Okhotsk is a settlement of an urban type, the organizational and industrial center of Okhotsk region.It is situated in 1677 km from the Khabarovsk city, on the coast of the Okhotsk sea. The population is about 9 thousand people. Was based in 1647. The first Russian Far Eastern city. Up to the first half of the 19th century it was the basic port of Russia on its east boundaries. From the beginning of the 18th centuries it became the basic point of expeditions, investigating the northern part of the Pacific ocean and Northern America from the West.
In the Okhotsk region the industrial fishing and fish processing is carried on.
