Darassun

This article covers the settlement in the Karymski rajon. For the settlement in the Tungokotschenski rajon (former Schilkinski rajon), which had the same name until 1954, see Vershino-Darassunski .

Urban-type settlement Darassun Darasun Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Karymski Founded 1710 Earlier names Charamgut Chara-Mangut Anadsikanskaja Ulsutujewo (until 1950) Urban-type settlement since 1951 population 7,325 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 610  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30234 Post Code 673310 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 220 553 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 39 '  N , 113 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 39 '0 "  N , 113 ° 58' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Darassun ( Russian Дарасу́н ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 7,325 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 50 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional capital Tschita . It is located on both sides of the Amur source river Ingoda , at the eastern foot of the 1000  m high main ridge of the Daurian Mountains (Daurski chrebet).

Darassun belongs to Rajon Karymsky and is 25 kilometers west of the administrative center Karymskoje . The settlement is the seat and only locality of the municipality Darasunskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

A village at the site of today's settlement has been known since the 18th century when it was mentioned in the travelogues of Johann Georg Gmelin and Stepan Krascheninnikow (in the 1730s) and Peter Simon Pallas (in the 1770s) as the Cossack settlement Charamgut or Chara -Mangut, later also Anadsikanskaya was mentioned. The presumed year of foundation is 1710.

In the 20th century, the place was called Ulsutujewo until it was renamed Darassun in 1950 , referring to the health resort of Darassun, a good 50 km south . Darassun has had urban-type settlement status since 1951.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	9,000
1970	10,395
1979	9,929
1989	9,635
2002	8.106
2010	7,325

Note: census data

traffic

Darassun lies on the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 6264 from Moscow ), which was opened on this section in 1897 and electrified in 1973 .

In the settlement, the A350 highway , which connects Chita with the border with the People's Republic of China near Sabaikalsk , crosses the Ingoda. In Darassun a road branches off that follows the river and the railway line via Karymskoje in the direction of Pervomaiski and Shilka , and a few kilometers south of the A167 via Kurort-Darassun - Duldurga  - Akscha to the Mongolian border in the direction of Choibalsan .

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)