43°00′N 131°51′E / 43.00°N 131.85°E
Native name: Остров Русский | |
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 Location of Russky Island in the Eastern Bosphorus | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Eastern Bosphorus, Sea of Japan |
| Area | 97.6 km2 (37.7 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 291.2 m (955.4 ft) |
| Administration | |
Russia | |
| Krai | Primorsky Krai |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 5,360 (2010) |
| Pop. density | 5.4918/km2 (14.2237/sq mi) |
Russky Island (Russian: Ру́сский о́стров, lit. 'Russian Island') is an island in Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan, in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is the largest island in the Eugénie Archipelago, separated from the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula immediately to the north by the Eastern Bosphorus, and is one of the four islands in Primorsky Krai that are permanently inhabited, with a population of 5,360 (2010).
Russky Island is home to Far Eastern Federal University and the southern span of the Russky Bridge, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge, connecting the island across the Eastern Bosphorus to the mainland portion of Vladivostok.