Kuitun (Irkutsk)
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Kuitun ( Russian Куйтун ) is an urban-type settlement in Irkutsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 10,097 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The settlement is located in southern Siberia in the foothills of the Eastern Sayan , almost 300 kilometers northwest of the oblast capital Irkutsk .
Kuitun has been the administrative center of the Kuitun Rajon of the same name since 1926 .
history
A first Russian settlement in the area of today's Kuitun was probably built around 1680. The name is derived from the Buryat name chyjta (n) ( хыйта (н) ) for “steppe-like, good pasture areas far from forests and on high plateaus”.
The place was first mentioned in the first half of the 18th century in connection with the construction of a church and the opening of a post office on the new Moscow wing in August 1734.
In 1899 the Trans-Siberian Railway was passed south of the town.
During the Russian Civil War , on February 7, 1920, an agreement was signed between the 5th Army of the Red Army and the Czechoslovak Legions at the Kuitun train station , in which the parties agreed to a ceasefire and the conditions of the free withdrawal of those who remained in this area Legion forces in the direction of Vladivostok agreed.
In 1957 the place was given urban-type settlement status.
Population development
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1939 | 4,330 |
| 1959 | 8,827 |
| 1970 | 10,781 |
| 1979 | 10,774 |
| 1989 | 11,137 |
| 2002 | 10,847 |
| 2010 | 10.097 |
Note : census data
Culture and sights
The Rajon's local museum is located in Kuitun.
Economy and Infrastructure
Kuitun is the center of agriculture, forestry and the wood processing industry.
About three kilometers southwest of the old town center is the station of the same name on the Trans-Siberian Railway (route km 4874 from Moscow ). The settlement around the station merged with the old village in the course of the 20th century.
The M53 trunk road from Novosibirsk via Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk, part of the Trans-Siberian road connection , also runs through Kuitun . The road follows the old Moscow wing on this section.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 g. po Irkutskoj oblasti (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010 for Irkutsk Oblast). on-line
- ↑ Chronicle ( memento of June 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) of the Czech Legion Project (English)
Web links
- Kuitun Raion on the Irkutsk Oblast Administration website (Russian)
