“Globe of Vladivostok” has a subtitle decoding: “a short phrasebook-guide, written for foreigners and aliens.” There is slang, and iconic points, and signature dishes, and such unexpected figures as, say, Lieutenant Schmidt, Yul Brynner, Semyon Budyonny and Daniil Kharms, also somehow connected with Vladivostok... Vladivostok is a maritime city, free, full adventurers, officers, fishermen, foreigners. Some echoes of these words can be found in other Far Eastern cities; many similarities can easily be found with the cities of Siberia, and perhaps with distant ports like Kaliningrad...