Okhotsk is an urban-type settlement and a seaport at the mouth of the Okhota River on the Sea of Okhotsk, in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Okhotsk was the first Russian settlement on the Pacific Coast. It was established as a wintering camp in 1643 by the Cossacks under Semyon Shelkovnikov. The fort of Kosoi Ostrozhok was constructed in 1649. In 1718 Kozma Sokolov built the first vessel in Okhotsk and emarked upon a voyage to Kamchatka. This route became so popular with Russian navigators that by 1… (More on Okhotsk)