TASS/. More than 300,000 people visited the Russian part of the 8th Russia-China Expo in Harbin, the administrative center of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang province, organizers told TASS.

Sometimes referred to as "Little Moscow," those links are still evident in some of Harbin's architecture, including the central Saint Sophia Cathedral, a former Russian Orthodox church.

"The greatest impression lies in the power of Harbin," the Russian leader noted, adding that "Harbin has turned into a powerful world-scale megacity in recent years" HARBIN, May 17. /TASS/.

The annual Harbin Ice and Snow World delights ... draw for the former industrial centre, a city with Russian legacy and Tsarist-era architecture found nowhere else in China. The festival’s ...