Krasny Chikoi

Village Krasny Chikoi Красный Чикой Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Krasnochikoiski Founded 1670 Earlier names Krasny Jar (until 1933) population 7063 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 760  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30230 Post Code 673060 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 222 000 001 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 22 '  N , 108 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '45 "  N , 108 ° 45' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Krasny Tschikoi ( Russian Кра́сный Чико́й ) is a village (selo) in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 7063 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located about 380 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional capital Chita south of the almost 1500  m high Malchan ridge (Malchanski chrebet) on the right bank of the Selenga tributary Chikoi .

Krasny Chikoy River is the administrative center of the Rajons Krasnotschikoiski and seat and only town in the rural community Krasnotschikoiskoje selskoje posselenije.

history

The village was founded in 1670 as the first village on the Chikoi by Russians advancing eastwards . Later also settled Buryat also a larger number of from the western parts of of, 1754 Russian Empire originating members of the Old Believers community of faith semeiskie . In 1926 the village became the administrative seat of a Rajon and in 1933 it was given its current name; at the same time the Rajon was renamed.

Population development

year	Residents
1902	1587
1926	1409
1939	2744
1959	3845
1970	4285
1979	5461
1989	6693
2002	7133
2010	7063

Note: census data

traffic

The regional road R425 passes a few kilometers east of the village, which branches off the M55 road a good 120 km north at Baljaga (also a station of the Trans-Siberian Railway ), not far from the city of Petrowsk-Sabaikalsky , and from Krasny Chikoi the right Chikoi bank a good 110 km up to Jamarowka .

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. ↑ Krasny Tschikoi in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)