Babushkin

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city Babushkin Бабушкин coat of arms Federal district far East republic Buryatia Rajon Kabansk Founded 1892 Earlier names Myssovsk City since 1902, again in 1941 surface 9  km² population 4831 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 537 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 470  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 30138 Post Code 671230 License Plate 03 OKATO 81 224 503 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 43 '  N , 105 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '0 "  N , 105 ° 52' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Buryatia

List of cities in Russia

Babushkin ( Russian Ба́бушкин ) is a small town in the Republic of Buryatia ( Russia ) with 4831 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 120 km west of the republic capital Ulan-Ude on the south-east bank of Lake Baikal .

Administratively, the city belongs to the Kabansk Rajon and lies on the Trans-Siberian Railway ( Myssovaya station , line kilometer 5477 from Moscow ) and on the M55 Irkutsk - Chita highway .

history

The place was established in 1892 as the Myssovaya post office and the starting point of the trade route from the east bank of Lake Baikal via Kjachta to China .

A few years later, in connection with the construction of the Transbaikal section of the Trans-Siberian Railway , which was opened in 1900, the location was chosen as the eastern end of the railway ferry connection across the lake, which existed around the southern end of Lake Baikal until the completion of the Baikal Railway in 1905. In 1902 the town was granted under the name Myssowsk ( Мысовск ) city law (according to the station's name from Russian мыс / mys for Cape , with respect to the location on the lake).

From June 6, 1925 Myssovsk had the status of an urban-type settlement . On January 18, 1941, the name was changed to Babushkin after the Russian revolutionary Ivan Babushkin , who was shot there during the Russian Revolution of 1905–1907 ; at the same time the city status was given again.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7044
1959	8238
1970	7943
1979	7386
1989	7298
2002	4953
2010	4831

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The main attraction is Lake Baikal, along whose south-eastern shore, also around Babushkin, there are various tourist facilities. The place is also the starting point for tours in the eastern part of the Chamar-Daban .

A small Ivan Babushkin Museum has existed in the city since 1926.

economy

Babushkin is today a transshipment point for wood on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

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)

Web links

Commons : Babushkin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Babushkin on mojgorod.ru (Russian)