Raychikhinsk

Raychikhinsk (English)
Райчихинск (Russian)
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Raychikhinsk
Coordinates:
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2008)
Country Russia
Federal subject Amur Oblast
Administratively subordinated to Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of September 2009)
Urban okrug Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[2]
Head Vladimir Shumilov
Statistics
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)
20,499 inhabitants[3]
Population (2002 Census) 24,498 inhabitants[4]
Time zone YAKST (UTC+10:00)[5]
Founded 1932
Postal code(s) 676770–676776
Dialing code(s) +7 41647
Official website

Raychikhinsk (Russian: Райчи́хинск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located in the Zeya-Bureya basin, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the Amur River and the border to China, and about 165 kilometers (103 mi) east of Blagoveshchensk. Population: 20,499 (2010 Census preliminary results);[3] 24,498 (2002 Census);[4] 27,873 (1989 Census).[6]

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History

The town is located near a brown coal deposit which had been known of since the late 1800s. Mining began in 1913, with the foundation of the first permanent settlement in 1932, named Raychikha after a local stream.

From 1938 until 1942, Raychikha was host to a prison camp of the gulag system, where up to 11,000 prisoners were kept for forced labour in the mining of coal.[7]

In 1944, it was granted town status and given its present name.

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, along with two rural localities, it is incorporated as Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] Municipally, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

Economy and infrastructure

Brown coal mining remains the main economic focus of the town; two open cut mines surround the town almost completely. The town is terminus for a 39-kilometer (24 mi) branch line, which connects to the Trans-Siberian railway at Bureya.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Law #127-OZ
  2. ^ a b c Law #446-OZ
  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. ^ "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. 
  7. ^ http://www.gulag.memorial.de/lager.php5?lag=290

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