Babushkin (town)

Babushkin (English)
Бабушкин (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of the Republic of Buryatia in Russia
Babushkin
Coordinates:
Coat of arms
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia
Administrative district Kabansky District[1]
Town Babushkin[1]
Administrative center of Town of Babushkin[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2011)
Municipal district Kabansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)
4,839 inhabitants[3]
Population (2002 Census) 4,953 inhabitants[4]
Time zone IRKST (UTC+09:00)[5]
Founded 1892[6]
Previous names Mysovaya (until 1941)[6]
Postal code(s) 30138

Babushkin (Russian: Ба́бушкин), known as Mysovsk (Мысовск) before 1941, is a town in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the southern shore of the Lake Baikal on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: 4,839 (2010 Census preliminary results);[3] 4,953 (2002 Census);[4] 7,298 (1989 Census);[7] 9,000 (1967).

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History

It 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 was granted 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.

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, along with four rural localities, it is incorporated as the Town of Babushkin—an administrative division of Kabansky District.[1]

Municipally, the territory of Babushkin, along with two rural localities, is incorporated as Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement of Kabansky Municipal District.[2] The other two rural localities are incorporated as Klyuyevskoye Rural Settlement of Kabansky Municipal District.[2]

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Resolution #43
  2. ^ a b c d e Law #985-III
  3. ^ a b 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 2011-04-25. 
  4. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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 2010-03-23. 
  5. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
  6. ^ a b Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 32. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9. 
  7. ^ "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 2010-03-23. 

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