Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky
Петровск-Забайкальский | |
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Coordinates: 51°16′N 108°50′E / 51.267°N 108.833°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai [1] |
Administrative district | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District [1] |
Founded | 1789 |
Town status since | 1926 |
Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,549 |
• Estimate (2018)
[3] | 16,213 (−12.6%) |
• Capital of | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District [1] |
• Urban okrug | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug [4] |
• Capital of | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug [4] |
Time zone |
UTC+9 (
MSK+6
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Postal code(s) [6] | |
OKTMO ID | 76715000001 |
Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky (Russian: Петровск-Забайкальский, IPA: [pʲɪˈtrofsk zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj]) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located along the Balyaga River in the valley between Zagan-Daban and Zagorinsky mountain ranges, 413 kilometers (257 mi) southwest of Chita. Population: 18,549 ( 2010 Russian census); [2] 21,164 ( 2002 Census); [7] 28,291 ( 1989 Soviet census). [8]
Before the exploration expeditions of the Russian Cossacks in the 17th century, the future Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's location was a route junction of nomadic Buryat tribes. Peter the Great granted the heads of the tribes with principality. The settlement, founded in 1789 and known then as Petrovsky Zavod (Петровский Завод),[ citation needed] grew and developed around its iron refinery. From 1830 to 1839, it was a detention place for seventy-one Decembrists and ten of their wives, who were sent here from Chita. There is a commemorating mark on the railway station. In a restored house of the princess Ekaterina Troubetskaya, wife of Sergey Trubetskoy, was organized a museum, which opened on October 10, 1980. In Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's historical district there are several buildings related to the times of Decembrists in the town.
In 1926, the settlement was granted town status and given its present name.[ citation needed]
In 1940, a new iron refinery was built, which was one of the most important iron factories in the region during the following decades.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky serves as the administrative center of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District and is subordinated to it. [1] As a municipal division, the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky is incorporated as Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug. [9]
There is a glass plant, a sawmill, and food factories in Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky. The town is a railroad station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and on the Chita– Ulan-Ude route.
Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky
Петровск-Забайкальский | |
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Coordinates: 51°16′N 108°50′E / 51.267°N 108.833°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai [1] |
Administrative district | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District [1] |
Founded | 1789 |
Town status since | 1926 |
Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,549 |
• Estimate (2018)
[3] | 16,213 (−12.6%) |
• Capital of | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District [1] |
• Urban okrug | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug [4] |
• Capital of | Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug [4] |
Time zone |
UTC+9 (
MSK+6
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Postal code(s) [6] | |
OKTMO ID | 76715000001 |
Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky (Russian: Петровск-Забайкальский, IPA: [pʲɪˈtrofsk zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj]) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located along the Balyaga River in the valley between Zagan-Daban and Zagorinsky mountain ranges, 413 kilometers (257 mi) southwest of Chita. Population: 18,549 ( 2010 Russian census); [2] 21,164 ( 2002 Census); [7] 28,291 ( 1989 Soviet census). [8]
Before the exploration expeditions of the Russian Cossacks in the 17th century, the future Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's location was a route junction of nomadic Buryat tribes. Peter the Great granted the heads of the tribes with principality. The settlement, founded in 1789 and known then as Petrovsky Zavod (Петровский Завод),[ citation needed] grew and developed around its iron refinery. From 1830 to 1839, it was a detention place for seventy-one Decembrists and ten of their wives, who were sent here from Chita. There is a commemorating mark on the railway station. In a restored house of the princess Ekaterina Troubetskaya, wife of Sergey Trubetskoy, was organized a museum, which opened on October 10, 1980. In Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's historical district there are several buildings related to the times of Decembrists in the town.
In 1926, the settlement was granted town status and given its present name.[ citation needed]
In 1940, a new iron refinery was built, which was one of the most important iron factories in the region during the following decades.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky serves as the administrative center of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District and is subordinated to it. [1] As a municipal division, the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky is incorporated as Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug. [9]
There is a glass plant, a sawmill, and food factories in Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky. The town is a railroad station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and on the Chita– Ulan-Ude route.