Priiskowy (Transbaikalia)

Urban-type settlement Priiskowy Приисковый Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Nerchinsky Founded 1658 Earlier names Nerchinsky Ostrog (until 1700) Baronka Urban-type settlement since 1959 population 1520 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 470  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30242 Post Code 673410 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 228 553 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 55 '  N , 116 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '0 "  N , 116 ° 37' 15"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Priiskowy ( Russian Прииско́вый ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 1520 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 210 km as the crow flies east of the regional capital Chita on the left bank of the Schilka, immediately above the confluence of the left tributary Nertscha , north of the Borschtschowotschnygebirge .

Priiskowy belongs to Rajon Nertschinski and is located approximately 7 kilometers south of the administrative center Nertschinsk . The settlement is the seat of the municipality of Priiskowskoje gorodskoje posselenije, which also includes the villages Kalinino (3 km southeast) and Schiwki (6 km east), both on the opposite bank of the Shilka.

history

Not far from where it is today, on the left bank of the Nertscha, the Nertschinsk Ostrog was built in 1658 on what was then an island . The smaller district of Stary Gorod ("Old Town") is located there today. Around 1700, the settlement and trading center moved further up the Nercha, where the city of Nerchinsk was established. The settlement at the mouth of the Nertscha was named Baronka and lost its importance until the Trans-Siberian Railway was passed by in 1898 . The station was named Priiskowaja because from there the gold mining area around Balei on the other side of the Borschtschowotschnykamm could be reached, from Russian priisk for a type of mining enterprise, especially for precious metals and stones. Since 1959 Priiskowy has the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1428
1970	2467
1979	2291
1989	2067
2002	1649
2010	1520

Note: census data

traffic

Priiskowy lies on the Trans-Siberian Railway electrified on this section in 1988 (station name Priiskowaja; route kilometers 6490 from Moscow ). A freight connection route to Nerchinsk branches off there.

To the west bypasses the town on the regional road 76A-007 (formerly R428), which, coming from Nertschinsk, crosses the Schilka and continues over the Borschtschowotschnygebirge, past Balei to Schonoktui .

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. ↑ Priiskowy in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)