Raychikhinsk

Raychikhinsk (English)
Райчихинск (Russian)
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Raychikhinsk
Location of Raychikhinsk in Amur Oblast
Coordinates: 49°47′N 129°25′E / 49.783°N 129.417°ECoordinates: 49°47′N 129°25′E / 49.783°N 129.417°E
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of November 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Amur Oblast[1]
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 Viktor Radchenko
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 20,534 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4]
Founded 1932
Town status since 1944
Previous names Raychikha (until 1944)
Postal code(s)[5] 676770–676772, 676776, 676779
Dialing code(s) +7 41647
Official website
Raychikhinsk on WikiCommons

Raychikhinsk (Russian: Райчи́хинск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located in the ZeyaBureya basin, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the Amur River and the border with China, and about 165 kilometers (103 mi) east of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 20,534(2010 Census);[3] 24,498(2002 Census);[6] 27,873(1989 Census).[7]

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 (Райчиха) 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 labor in the mining of coal.[8]

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

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

Economy

Brown coal mining remains the main economic focus of the town; two open-pit mines surround the town almost completely.

Transportation

The town is terminus for a 39-kilometer (24 mi) branch line, which connects to the Trans-Siberian Railway at Bureya.

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #127-OZ
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #446-OZ
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. http://www.gulag.memorial.de/lager.php5?lag=290

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