Shilka (city)
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Shilka
Шилка
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List of cities in Russia |
Shilka ( Russian Шилка ) is a city in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 13,947 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The city is located north of the Borschtschowotschnygebirge in Transbaikalia , about 250 km southeast of the regional capital Chita , on the river Schilka , the left headwaters of the Amur .
The city of Shilka is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .
Schilka is the station of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which opened on this section in 1897 (route km 6445 from Moscow ).
history
Schilka emerged as a Cossack settlement in the first half of the 18th century . It was named after the river of the same name (from Evenk schilki for narrow valley , which is especially true for the lower reaches). In 1951 Schilka received city rights.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1939 | 17,282 |
1959 | 16.805 |
1970 | 16,065 |
1979 | 17.198 |
1989 | 18,057 |
2002 | 14,748 |
2010 | 13,947 |
Note: census data
Culture, education and sights
In the Rajon, about 40 kilometers west of the city, lies the balneological spa town of Schiwanda ( Шиванда ), which has been in use since 1899.
There are four secondary schools and one vocational school in Schilka.
There is also a Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the city , which was built in 1908. In 1929 the church was closed by the Soviet regime and used as a prison for priests and members of the opposition. The church was later converted into a sports hall and museum. The building has been used as a church again since the 1990s. In 2002 the church bells were restored.
economy
The city is located in an agricultural area, so there are various companies in the food industry; in addition, construction industry and railway workshops. Various mineral resources are mined and processed in the Rajon, such as fluorite , beryllium , lithium , tantalum , gold and zeolites in the Perwomaiski settlement .
See also
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 for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
Web links
- Schilka on mojgorod.ru (Russian)