Zaozyorny

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Zaozyorny (Russian: Заозёрный) is a town in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, the administrative center of the Rybinskiy District. Located upon the river Barga, the affluent of Kan, in 166 km eastward of Krasnoyarsk on the 4263 km of the Trans-Siberian Railway (Zaozyornaya railway station). The name of the town is an adjective meaning "beyond a lake", referring to the relatively large lake the town is abutting on.

Started in 1776 as a Troyitsko-Zaozyornaya sloboda (village) in the land owned by the Troyitsko-Turukhanskiy Monastery. The main occupation of the settlers was mica mining, later placer mining. In 1864 became a town. In 1934 was reformed into a workers' town by the Soviet regime and renamed to Zaozyorny due to the antireligious matters (Troyitsko meaned "of the Trinity").

In the Soviet era a number of plants and factories were built in Zaozyorny: electronic parts, brick, baking with a huge grain elevator, milk, furniture and sewing factories. All of them become barely functional after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In the beginning of 2000s the furniture and sewing factories have been funded by the Krasnoyarsk companies and become functional again while the mica mill yet remains in crisis [1].

In 2002 and 2006 the town faced a critical situation with the central heating functionality due to the local government's financial crisis [2][3].

[edit] References

• Zaozyorny in the Moj Gorod encyclopedia (in Russian)
• The Trans-Siberian Railway stations of the Eastern Siberia (in Russian)
• Zaozyorny news(in Russian)

[edit] External links

• Coat of arms (in Russian)
• Weather in Zaozyorny (in Russian)

	Cities and towns in Krasnoyarsk Krai
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