Babushkin (town)
Babushkin
Бабушкин | |
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Location of Babushkin  | |
  Babushkin Location of Babushkin .svg) Babushkin Babushkin (Republic of Buryatia) | |
| Coordinates: 51°43′N 105°52′E / 51.717°N 105.867°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Buryatia |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| • Urban settlement | Babushkin Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5  [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 30138 |
| OKTMO ID | 81624103001 |
Babushkin (Russian: Ба́бушкин), known as Mysovsk (Мысовск) before 1941, is a town in Kabansky District of the Buryat Republic, Russia, located on the southern shore of the Lake Baikal on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: 4,953 (2002 Census); 9,000 (1967).
History
Babushkin was founded in 1892 as a postal station Mysovaya (Мысовая), its name derived from the Russian word Mys meaning cape, referring to its location on the shores of Lake Baikal.
A few years later it was chosen as the eastern terminus for the train ferry across Lake Baikal, which was used as part of the Trans-Siberian Railway until the rail line around the southern shore was completed in 1905. It received town status under the name Mysovsk in 1902.
It was renamed Babushkin in 1942, in honor of the revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, arrested and executed at Mysovaya station in 1906.
Economy
Babushkin is a depot for wood transport on the Trans-Siberian Railway, as well as a tourist center for tours on southern Lake Baikal.
References
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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