Usolye-Sibirskoye

Usolye-Sibirskoye (in English)
Усолье-Сибирское (Russian)
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Location of Irkutsk Oblast in Russia
Usolye-Sibirskoye
Location of Usolye-Sibirskoye in Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°45′N 103°38′E / 52.750°N 103.633°E / 52.750; 103.633Coordinates: 52°45′N 103°38′E / 52.750°N 103.633°E / 52.750; 103.633
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Administrative status (as of November 2016)
Country Russia
Federal subject Irkutsk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye[2]
Administrative center of Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye[2]
Municipal status (as of November 2013)
Urban okrug Usolye-Sibirskoye Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Usolye-Sibirskoye Urban Okrug[3]
Mayor Vladimir Zhilkin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 83,327 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2010 197th
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[5]
Founded 1669
Town status since 1925
Postal code(s)[6] 665450–665467
Dialing code(s) +7 39543
Official website
Usolye-Sibirskoye on Wikimedia Commons

Usolye-Sibirskoye (Russian: Усолье-Сибирское; IPA: [ʊˈsolʲjə sʲɪˈbʲirskəjə]) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Angara River. Population: 83,327 (2010 Census);[4] 90,161 (2002 Census);[7] 106,496 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded in 1669 under the name Usolye, an archaic Russian word for a salt producing town, by Mikhalevs brothers, the Cossacks who had discovered salt deposits in a nearby spring.

The Siberian Route was built through the town in the 18th century, followed in the late 19th century by the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Town status was granted to it in 1925. The town's name was given the extension Sibirskoye (Siberian) in 1940, to differentiate from the town of Usolye in the Kama River region.

From 1947 until 1953, the town hosted a prison camp of the gulag system.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye is incorporated as Usolye-Sibirskoye Urban Okrug.[3]

Until November 2016, Usolye-Sibirskoye served as the administrative center of Usolsky District,[10][11] even though it was not a part of it.[1]

Economy and infrastructure

Ever since its inception, the main industry of the town has been salt-mining. The opening of a major mine in 1956 saw the town become Russia's largest producer of table salt, as well as the development of related chemical industries such as Usolyekhimprom.

There is also heavy machinery assembly, including mining equipment produced by the company Usolyemash.

The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, it is also located on the highway from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk.

A tram network has operated in the town since the 1960s, originally funded by the salt mine.

Climate

Climate data for Usolye-Sibirskoye
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −19
(−2)		 −15
(5)		 −5
(23)		 8
(46)		 15
(59)		 22
(72)		 24
(75)		 21
(70)		 14
(57)		 6
(43)		 −5
(23)		 −14
(7)		 4.3
(39.8)
Average low °C (°F) −27
(−17)		 −25
(−13)		 −18
(0)		 −7
(19)		 3
(37)		 9
(48)		 12
(54)		 10
(50)		 4
(39)		 −5
(23)		 −16
(3)		 −24
(−11)		 −7
(19.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5
(0.2)		 10
(0.39)		 10
(0.39)		 20
(0.79)		 25
(0.98)		 50
(1.97)		 100
(3.94)		 70
(2.76)		 40
(1.57)		 25
(0.98)		 15
(0.59)		 15
(0.59)		 385
(15.15)
Source: Yandex Pogoda

Sister city

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13
  2. 1 2 Law #49-OZ
  3. 1 2 3 Law #91-oz
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Memorial - website about the GULAG (German)
  10. ↑ Law #95-OZ
  11. ↑ Law #87-OZ
  12. ↑ Усолье-Сибирское - Кага (Япония)

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