Vladivostok

Vladivostok is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located around the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The population of the city as of 2016 was 606,653, up from 592,034 recorded in the 2010 Russian census. The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.

Vladivostok is known for being the location of a training dojo the former Soviet agent Whitebeard set up after his retirement in 1954. He trained various KGB spies and agents here until the KGB dissolved in 1991.

Residents

 * Lucius Kershinsky - Lucius Kershinsky lived and trained at Whitebeard's dojo from 1977 to 1980.
 * Nicholas (1956-2010) - Nicholas lived and trained at Whitebeard's dojo from 1973 to 1974.
 * Vasiliev (1931-1960) - Vasiliev lived and trained at Whitebeard's dojo from 1954 to 1956.
 * Waldo Kershinsky - Waldo Kershinsky lived and trained at Whitebeard's dojo from 1976 to 1977.
 * Whitebeard (1914-2011) - Whitebeard was born in Vladivostok and lived there for his entire childhood. He returned to the city after he retired from being a Soviet spy, and set up a training dojo here.

Notable Events

 * July 11, 1914 - Whitebeard is born in Vladivostok.
 * October 14, 1954 - Whitebeard sets up his training dojo in Vladivostok.
 * November 2, 1954 - Vasiliev begins training with Whitebeard at his dojo.
 * July 27, 1956 - Vasiliev finishes training with Whitebeard at his dojo.
 * April 21, 2011 - Whitebeard dies in his sleep at the age of 97 in his dojo in Vladivostok.