Atamanovka

Urban-type settlement Atamanovka Атамановка Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Chitinsky Founded 1852 Earlier names Atamanowski Urban-type settlement since 1958 population 10,381 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 650  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 3022 Post Code 672530 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 250 554 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 56 '  N , 113 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '0 "  N , 113 ° 38' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

List of large settlements in Russia

Atamanowka ( Russian Атама́новка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 10,381 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located about 15 kilometers as the crow flies southeast of the center of the regional capital Chita , on the left bank of the Amur source river Ingoda , in the area of ​​its breakthrough valley through the main ridge of the Tscherski Mountains , below the confluence of the Nikischicha tributary. On both sides of the river valley, the wooded peaks of the low mountain range rise to around 1100  m .

Atamanowka belongs to the Chitinsky district . The settlement forms a municipality (gorodskoje posselenije), to which no other localities belong.

history

The place was founded in 1852 by Cossacks as part of Stanitsa Titovskaya (today part of Chita) belonging settlement Atamanowski . The name is derived from the Cossack military denomination of Ataman . In 1900 the Trans-Siberian Railway passed the site and the Atamanowka station opened.

In 1958 Atamanowka received the status of an urban-type settlement under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	4,404
1970	6.138
1979	8,641
1989	10,269
2002	9,463
2010	10,381

Note: census data

Personalities

• Alexei Bakschejew (1873–1946), General of the White Army and politician of Russian emigration; born in Atamanowka

Economy and Infrastructure

The largest company in the village is an apple cultivation company founded in 1927, which benefits from the relatively sheltered climate of the Ingoda Valley. There are also companies in the construction industry. In the Soviet period there was a tank repair plant in the place. Today Atamanowka is also a residential and recreational suburb of the city ​​of Chita.

The Transbaikal section of the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 6214 from Moscow ) and the A166 highway , which connects Chita with the border with the People's Republic of China near Sabaikalsk, run through Atamanowka .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)