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Olovyannaya
Оловя́нная | |
|---|---|
  Olovyannaya Location of Olovyannaya  Olovyannaya Olovyannaya (Zabaykalsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 50°56′N 115°34′E / 50.933°N 115.567°ECoordinates: 50°56′N 115°34′E / 50.933°N 115.567°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai[1] |
| Administrative district | Olovyanninsky District[1] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,406 |
| • Capital of | Olovyanninsky District[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Olovyannaya Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Olovyannaya Okrug[3] |
Olovyannaya (Russian: Оловя́нная) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Olovyanninsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,406,[4] down from 11,859 in 1989.[5]
The town is located 249 km by rail from Chita. There is a museum of local history and a hospital.[6]
History
Olovyannaya was founded in 1895 with the construction of a railroad station. After the station was constructed, lime kilns, a sawmill, and a jetty for receiving barges were also constructed. A bridge over the Onon River was exploded during the Russian Civil War. The town became the administrative center of the district in 1926, and in 1929 the town was given the status of an urban settlement.[6]
Notable people
- Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov (born 1944), actor
References
- ^ a b c d Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ a b Law #316-ZZK
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ a b Olovyannaya in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia (in Russian)
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