Vladivostok maritime port and Russian maritime shipping position at the Far East in the period from 1905 to 1914

The activities of the Vladivostok port in the period from 1905 to 1914 are shown, special attention is paid to the position of the port under conditions of industrial expansion, the activities of special meetings and commissions that have developed port development projects and proposals for improving its management are disclosed. The analysis of the views of such researchers as V.P. Byankin, A.I. Krushanov, N.A. Belyaeva, Y.D. Filippov, A.A. Illarionov, A.A. Gvozdarev, G. Orlenko and other authors, who historically consistently traced the stages of the formation and development of domestic navigation in the Far East, showed the tasks that maritime transport solved in economic development and development of the Russian outskirts. Using archival documents we also summarize the new material obtained from archival documents of the Russian State Historical Archives of the Far East and the State Archive of the Primorye Territory, from which we saw changes in the management of the Commercial Port of Vladivostok. The activities of special meetings and commissions that developed port development projects and proposals for improving its management were disclosed. The general description of the projects of the Commercial Port of Vladivostok establishment is given, the regulatory framework regulating the order of port administration is analyzed. Attention is drawn to the inconsistency of the organization of the port administration, which generated numerous interdepartmental contradictions between the naval, the military with one and civilian departments. The conclusion is made that the Commercial Port of Vladivostok needs modernization of infrastructure facilities and expansion of access roads in connection with increased freight turnover. The allocation of state subsidies for the maintenance of regular flights to the shipping companies promoted the further economic development of domestic industry in the Far East and contributed to the expansion of maritime navigation in the region.

Vladivostok, maritime port, management of the port, government subsidies, development of the Far East