Primorskaya Oblast was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR, created on October 31, 1856 by the Governing Senate. The name of the region literally means "Maritime" or "Coastal." The region was established upon a Russian conquest of Daur people that used to live along Amur River. Before the Russian conquest of Outer Manchuria, the territory belonged to the Chinese region of Manchuria.
- Country
- Far Eastern Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Republic, Russian Empire
- Inception
- October 31, 1856
