Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky (town)
Coordinates: 51°16′N 108°50′E / 51.267°N 108.833°E
Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky (Russian: Петро́вск-Забайка́льский) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 18,555 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 21,164 (2002 Census);[2] 28,291 (1989 Census).[3]
It was founded as Petrovsky Zavod in 1789, and was granted town status and renamed in 1926.
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[edit] Geographical location
The town lies in the valley between mountain ranges Zagan-Daban and Zagorinsky. Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky stretches along the Balyaga River. The town is located 413 kilometers (257 mi) southwest of Chita. It is a railroad station on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and on an interurban route Chita-Ulan-Ude.
[edit] History
Before exploring expeditions of the Russian Cossacks in the 17th century, the future Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's spot was a route junction of nomadic Buryat tribes. Peter the Great granted the heads of the tribes with principality. Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky grew and developed around its iron refinery functioning since 1789. From 1830 to 1839 the hamlet was a detention place for 71 Decembrists transmitted from Chita, in addition, 10 disfranchised wives of them lived in notorious conditions of the exile. There is a commemorating mark on the railway station. In a restored house of the princess Elena Troubetzkoy, wife of Sergei Petrovich Troubetzkoy, was organized a museum, opened on October 10, 1980.
In Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's historical district there are several buildings related to the times of Decembrists in the town such as, Muraviev's wife funeral chapel, Troubetzkoy's wife grave etc.
In 1940 a new iron refinery was built, which was of the important iron factories in the region during following decades. In modern Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky there are a glass plant, sawmill, food factories.
[edit] References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- Дворниченко Н. Е., Земля за Байкалом, Иркутск, 1970;
- Прыжов И. Г., Пушкарев Л. Н., Декабристы в Сибири на Петровском Заводе, М., 1985.
[edit] External links
- (Russian) A short history of the town.
- (Russian) Statistics
- (Russian) Unofficial site of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky
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