Khabarovsk, city, administrative center of Khabarovsk, far eastern Russia, on the Amur near its confluence with the Ussuri. It is a major industrial center, served by the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Manufactured products include iron and steel, refined petroleum, motor vehicles, machinery, and forest products. It is the site of a number of institutions of higher learning, including a medical school and a teachers college, and it has several museums and theaters. The city, founded in 1858 as a frontier outpost, developed rapidly after the arrival of the railroad in 1905. Population (1999 estimate) 611,200.
