Yaroslavsky (Primorye)

Urban-type settlement Yaroslavsky рославский flag Federal district far East region Primorye Rajon Chorol Founded 1951 Urban-type settlement since 1957 population 9,104 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 95  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42347 Post Code 692270-692271 License Plate 25, 125 OKATO 05 250 556 Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 11 '  N , 132 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 11 '0 "  N , 132 ° 11' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Primorye region

Yaroslavsky ( Russian Яросла́вский ) is an urban-type settlement in the Primorye region ( Russia ) with 9,104 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located on the southern edge of the Chanka lowlands , about 120 km as the crow flies north of the regional capital Vladivostok and 40 km from the south bank of Lake Chanka .

Yaroslavsky belongs to the Khorol Rajon and is located 30 km southeast of the administrative center Khorol .

history

The settlement was founded in 1951 under the name Jaroslawka , when the development of tin deposits began in the hills south of the village (Kusnezowa Sopka) , which rise to a height of over 200  m (from 1964 conversion to mainly fluorspar and building materials).

In 1957 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	6,856
1970	7.118
1979	9,278
1989	11,715
2002	10,254
2010	9,104

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The building company is the Yaroslavsk Mining and Enrichment Combine (Jaroslawski GOK) , which extracts fluorspar as well as limestone and gabbro gravel in an open pit up to 230 m deep south of the town . The company is a leading manufacturer of fluoride - flux concentrate in Russia. The reserves of the deposit can cover the total needs of the country at today's level for another 50 years. Zinc concentrate has also been produced since 1999 ; in addition, the ores in the deposit contain tantalum , niobium , beryllium , lithium , rubidium and cesium .

Yaroslavsky is the end of a railway line that branches off from the Luchki station on the Sibirzewo (on the Trans-Siberian Railway ) –Turi Rog (station name Yaroslavka-Primorskaya ; freight traffic only). The regional road A183 runs through the village, which branches off south of Sibirzewo from the M60 Khabarovsk – Vladivostok trunk road, which passes 18 km to the east, and leads to Komissarowo , a village in the sparsely populated low mountain range on the border with the People's Republic of China .

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. ↑ ^{a b} History of Jaroslawski GOK (Russian)
3. ↑ General information about the Jaroslawski GOK (Russian)

Web links

• Website of the administration of Khorol Raion with Yaroslavsky (Russian)