Krasnokamensk

city Krasnokamensk Краснокаменск flag coat of arms Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Krasnokamensk head Boris Pikurenko Founded 1968 City since 1969 surface 73  km² population 55,666 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 763 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 640  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30245 Post Code 674670-674684 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 221 501 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 6 '  N , 118 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '0 "  N , 118 ° 2' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

List of cities in Russia

Krasnokamensk ( Russian Краснокаменск ) is a city in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 55,666 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the dry steppes of the southeastern Transbaikal on the northwestern edge of the Argun Mountains, a good 500 kilometers southeast of the regional capital Chita and a good 40 kilometers from the border with the People's Republic of China, which is formed by the Argun river , the Amur source .

Krasnokamensk, the second largest city in the region, has been the administrative center of the Krasnokamensk Raion of the same name since 1977 .

history

The place was founded in 1968 in connection with the beginning of the development of a uranium deposit of Strelzovskoye , which was discovered in 1963 , and was granted town charter on July 16, 1969. The name is derived from the Russian krasny came for red stone, rock , whereby red could be related to the political meaning of the color in addition to the real reddish coloration of the rocks in the area .

The city became known abroad through the existing prison camp, in which Mikhail Khodorkovsky was imprisoned from October 2005 to December 2006.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	13,830
1979	50,970
1989	66,872
2002	55,920
2010	55,666

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There has been a mineralogical museum in the city since 2003.

Economy and Infrastructure

The largest uranium mine in Russia, operated by the Priargunsk Mining and Chemical Production Association, is located near Krasnokamensk . The 3000 tons of uranium mined here annually represent over 90% of the total production of Russia and almost 10% of the world production. In addition to uranium, molybdenum and manganese are mined in the area in open-cast and underground mines , as well as lignite for local energy generation in a thermal power plant located here . A chemical factory produces sulfuric acid and lubricants on the basis of the ores extracted here ; there are also companies in the construction and food industries.

Due to the high environmental pollution, including radioactivity , the residents of the districts closer to the mining and waste dump areas , such as the Oktjabrski settlement , have been relocated to the area of ​​the city center a good ten kilometers to the west in recent years.

Since 1972, a 15-kilometer branch line has run from the Uruljungui station of the Kharanor - Priargunsk railway line to Krasnokamensk. The line to Priargunsk, which was built between 1939 and 1955 as a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 750 mm, was also converted to Russian broad-gauge for the purpose of connecting the mining area around Krasnokamensk .

Krasnokamensk has a regional airport.

sons and daughters of the town

• Kirill Kotschkajew (* 1984), football player
• Sinaida Dobrynina (* 1990), boxer

Web links

• Krasnokamensk 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. ^ Prison visit to the public enemy: With Khodorkovsky's wife in Siberia in: Welt Online from April 25, 2006