Posyet () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population:
Etymology It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).
History
It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai. It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet.Хасанский район. История посёлка Посьет The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.
Economy Largest enterprise JSC Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three mooring lines of gravitational type.
Climate Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb, close to Dwa) with warm-hot, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall. Both winters and summers in Posyet are one of the warmest in whole Russian Far East.
References
External links Unofficial website of Posyet Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Entry on Posyet