Historedia
Person

Yakov Lazarevich Semyonov

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1860–1870

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Yakov Lazarevich Semyonov, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Founding of Vladivostok

    1860–1870

    Role: First civilian settler

    1. 1860 · Peter the Great Gulf areaTransfer of Name to Settlement

      The name Vladivostok, initially applied to a bay in 1859, was transferred to the new settlement in 1860.

    2. 1860-07-02 · Golden Horn BayFounding as Military Outpost

      Vladivostok was founded as a Russian military outpost on July 2, 1860, following the Amur Annexation.

    3. 1861-10-31 · VladivostokArrival of First Civilian Settler

      Merchant Yakov Lazarevich Semyonov arrived as the first civilian settler in October 1861.

    4. 1870 · VladivostokEmergence of Local Self-Government

      Local self-government emerged in 1870 when Semyonov was elected the first head of the post.

Sources

  1. Vladivostok Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28