Gorny (Transbaikalia)

Urban-type settlement Gorny Горный coat of arms Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Urban district Gorny Founded Early 1960s Earlier names Chita-46 Urban-type settlement since 1965 population 12,341 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 750  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30257, 30238 Post Code 672900-672901 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 585 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 33 '  N , 113 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '20 "  N , 113 ° 2' 10"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

List of large settlements in Russia

Gorny ( Russian Горный ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 12,341 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in Transbaikalia on the western flank of the Tscherski Mountains to the right of the Amur source river Ingoda , a good 100 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Chita .

Gorny is administratively subordinate to the region and has the status of a "Closed City" (SATO). The location area is surrounded by the territory of the Rajons Uljoty whose (not closed) urban-type Drowjanaja located immediately northeast of Gorny.

history

The place was created in the early 1960s as a secret military settlement in connection with the planned stationing of units of the Strategic Missile Forces (RWSN) of the Soviet Army . In 1965, the 4th " Harbin " missile division of the Transbaikal Military District, founded in 1961, was finally moved there and the place was given the status of an urban-type settlement under the code name Tschita-46 .

Initially, ICBMs of the type R-16 , later also the type UR-100 (SS-11) and medium-range missiles of the type RSD-10 (SS-20) were stationed in an area of ​​400 km² and were launched several times for test purposes. Around 1990 a large number of these missiles were destroyed here in accordance with the agreements of the START-1 and the INF treaty .

In 1994 the existence of the place was officially confirmed with its inclusion in the SATO directory; at the same time it received its current name (Russian adjective for gora , mountain ). In the same year, the deployment of modern ICBMs of the Topol-M (SS-27) type began.

In 2002 the missile division was dissolved in its previous form; However, Gorny remains the location of the Russian Armed Forces .

Population development

year	Residents
1995	9,600
2002	9,761
2010	12,341

Note: from 2002 census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The economy of the settlement is determined by its function as a military base.

Gorny is the end point of a 43-kilometer-long railway line (freight traffic only) that branches off from the Lesnaja station (km 6139 from Moscow ) of the Trans-Siberian Railway . There is a road connection to Tataurowo, about ten kilometers away , on the M55 Irkutsk - Ulan-Ude - Chita road.

Web links

• Gorny in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)

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)
2. ↑ History of the 4th Missile Division of Colonel W. P. Karajew (Russian)