The history and the development of Khabarovsk must General-Governor of Siberia of the east, Murav'ev-Amursky. He knew whereas the “father” of Khabarovsk because he settled down this new military facility in the river of Amur.
The governor called the advance post new Khabarovka in the honor of one of the “Earth remarkable pioneers” of Amur, Erofei Khabarov. The city continued being during long time a small port in the river of Amur and a point of the transport of the Siberian railroad.