Kraskino

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Кра́скино (Kráskino).

Proper noun

Kraskino

1. An urban-type settlement in Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
   • 1951, Theodore Shabad, “Soviet Far East”, in Geography of the USSR; A Regional Survey‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 328:

     The main railway line is the Trans-Siberian, which here runs south along the Ussuri River to its terminus at Vladivostok. A number of short branch lines serve mining areas (Kraskino and Suchan) or lead to the USSR—Chinese border towns (Grodekovo and Turiy Rog).

   • 2002, Jaeho Hwang, “Economic and Institutional Constraints on the TRADP”, in The Significance of Regionalism as an Element of China's Security and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP)‎^[2] (Thesis), London School of Economics and Political Science, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 30, 2020, page 259:

     Uncoordinated expansion by competitive riparian countries would have caused waste or misallocation of scarce capital through overlapping projects, For example, the DPRK is trying to build Sonbong Airport, while China and Russia are holding out for their own international airports, in Jingxin and Khraskino.

Translations

urban-type settlement

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克拉斯基諾 / 克拉斯基诺

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Кра́скино (ru) (Kráskino)

Further reading

• Kraskino at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kraskino”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1614, column 2