Gorny (Khabarovsk)

Urban-type settlement Gorny Горный Federal district far East region Khabarovsk Rajon Solnetschny Earlier names Solnetschny (1958–1966) Urban-type settlement since 1958 population 1523 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 470  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42146 Post Code 682707 License Plate 27 OKATO 08 244 553 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 46 '  N , 136 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '0 "  N , 136 ° 26' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khabarovsk region

Gorny ( Russian Го́рный ) is an urban-type settlement in the Khabarovsk region ( Russia ) with 1523 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 275 km as the crow flies north-northeast of the regional administrative center of Khabarovsk and almost 50 km northwest of the city Komsomolsk am Amur on the east side of the low mountain range Mjaotschan (also Mjao-Tschan) on the river Levaya Silinka (left Silinka), headwaters of the Amur tributary Silinka.

Gorny belongs to the Solnetschny Rajon and is about 15 km to the west-northwest from its administrative seat Solnetschny . It is the seat and the only locality of the municipality Gornenskoje gorodskoje posselenije .

history

The place was created in the 1950s in connection with the development of tin , copper and lead ore deposits in the surrounding mountains. In 1958 he was awarded the status of an urban-type settlement under the name Solnetschny, after the name of the deposit Solnetschnoje (of Russian Solnze for sun, so Sunny settlement ). On the creation of a larger settlement in the later built Erzanreicherungsfabrik at the foot of the mountains, the name in 1966 went with presentation of the status of an urban-type settlement to this over, and the original village was named Gorny of Russian gora for mountain, or about mountain settlement.

Since mining practically came to a standstill in the mid-1980s due to the exhaustion of profitable ore deposits, the area around Gorny and neighboring Solnetschny - benefited by its location in the 1500  m high Mjaochan Mountains and not far from the city of Komsomolsk - has grown a tourist, especially winter sports area of ​​regional importance. In August 2011, Gorny was severely damaged by a flood and contaminated with toxic mining residues.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	2367
1970	3145
1979	3207
1989	2893
2002	1674
2010	1523

Note: census data

traffic

From Gorny, a road leads via Solnetschny down the Silinka to the Chalgasso train station located about 35 km east of the Baikal-Amur-Magistrale (BAM) and from there to Komsomolsk.

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. ↑ Report on the flood  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from August 17, 2011 at amurmedia.ru. Retrieved May 13, 2013 (Russian)