Balezino ( Russian: Бале́зино) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Balezinsky District of the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Population: 16,121 ( 2010 Russian census); [1] 16,804 ( 2002 Census); [2] 18,492 ( 1989 Soviet census). [3]
Balezino had work settlement status until it was demoted to a rural locality in March 2012.
It is an important station of the Trans-Siberian Railway, situated roughly in the center between Kirov and Perm, and is a junction point of 25 kV AC rail line going to Kirov and 3 kV DC line going to Perm. Long distance trains stop for at least thirty minutes at the Balezino station for maintenance, which includes the engine replacement from AC one to DC one.
Balezino ( Russian: Бале́зино) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Balezinsky District of the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Population: 16,121 ( 2010 Russian census); [1] 16,804 ( 2002 Census); [2] 18,492 ( 1989 Soviet census). [3]
Balezino had work settlement status until it was demoted to a rural locality in March 2012.
It is an important station of the Trans-Siberian Railway, situated roughly in the center between Kirov and Perm, and is a junction point of 25 kV AC rail line going to Kirov and 3 kV DC line going to Perm. Long distance trains stop for at least thirty minutes at the Balezino station for maintenance, which includes the engine replacement from AC one to DC one.