Pervomaiski (Transbaikalia)

Urban-type settlement Pervomaisky Pervomaya Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Shilka Founded 1937 Earlier names Slyudyanka (1937–1951) Urban-type settlement since 1951 population 12,154 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 680  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30262 Post Code 673390 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 254 558 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 40 ′  N , 115 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 115 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

List of large settlements in Russia

Pervomaiski ( Russian Первомайский ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 12,154 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located at the eastern end of the Mogoitui Mountains , a northwestern extension of the Borschtschowotschny Mountains in Transbaikalia , a good 200 kilometers southeast of the regional capital Chita . About 15 kilometers east of the place is the confluence of the Ingoda and Onon to the Schilka , one of the components of the Amur .

The settlement of Pervomaiski belongs to the Shilka Rajon , the administrative center of which, the city of Shilka , lies a good 40 kilometers to the northeast.

history

The place arose in connection with the beginning of the development of the lithium ore deposit Sawitinskoye (named after the village Sawitaja located not far on the right bank of the Ingoda ) as the Slyudyanka mine with associated settlement from 1937. Production started in 1942.

In 1951 urban-type settlement status and its current name were given. The name is derived from Pervoje Maja , Russian for May Day, the struggle and holiday of the workers' movement.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	12,866
1970	14,310
1979	15,750
1989	16,299
2002	13,098
2010	12,154

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The local museum of Shilka Rajon is located in Pervomaiski.

Economy and Infrastructure

Pervomaiski is a mining town. Ores are mined in open-cast mines directly north of the settlement and processed on site in the Transbaikal Mining and Enrichment Combine (Sabaikalski GOK) into fluorspar , beryllium , lithium and tantalum concentrates , with zeolites and gold being produced as by-products . There are also companies in the construction and food industries.

About six kilometers to the northwest, in a neighboring valley, lies the regionally important balneological spa town of Schiwanda , which was established in 1899 .

The Solnzewaja station of the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 6407 from Moscow ) is about ten kilometers north of Pervomaiski on the far left bank of the Ingoda. Station and location are connected by a road, part of the regional road R426 from Mogoitui (on the A166 Chita- Sabaikalsk / Chinese border) via Shilka and Nerchinsk to Sretensk .

A previously existing small airport has been out of service since the early 1990s.

sons and daughters of the town

• Yevgeny Igorewitsch Tarelkin (* 1974), spaceman

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. ↑ Pervomaiski in the Transbaikal Encyclopedia (Russian)
3. ↑ Sabaikalski GOK in the Transbaikal Encyclopedia (Russian)