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. 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 450 m 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.