Selenginsk

Urban-type settlement Selenginsk Селенгинск Federal district far East republic Buryatia Rajon Kabansk mayor Galina Waraksina Founded 1665 Urban-type settlement since 1961 population 14,546 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 478  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 30138 Post Code 671247 License Plate 03 OKATO 81 224 563 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 0 ′  N , 106 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 106 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Buryatia

List of large settlements in Russia

Selenginsk ( Russian Селенгинск ) is a settlement founded in 1961 in Russia , 60 km south of Lake Baikal on the Selenga in the Republic of Buryatia in the Far East Federal District . The place has 14,546 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

View of the Anglican mission station around 1825

In the thirties and forties of the 17th century the first Russians invaded Buryatia. It was Cossacks , traders and farmers who were attracted by the abundance of fur and gold. In 1665, the fortified settlement of Selenginsk (Novoselenginsk since 1840) was built. The place is on the Selenga near today's Gussinoosjorsk about 200 km above today's Selenginsk. In 1817 missionaries from the London Mission Society set up a station on what was then Selenginsk, opposite the Selenga. This work was initially by Tsar Alexander I supported, but in 1841 the procured Russian Orthodox Church of Tsar Nicholas I , the prohibition of the Protestant mission .

During the Soviet era , the town of Selenginsk became ingloriously famous for the pollution of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lake Baikal with the sewage from a cellulose factory built in 1973. It wasn't until 1989 that the first sewage treatment plant was put into operation. Air pollution and deposits of possibly heavy metal contaminated residues persist. In 1993 an output of 30,000 tons of ash and 150,000 m³ of solid waste was expected.

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  Selenginsk, Palace of Culture

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  Selenginsk, train station

Population development

year	Residents
1970	9,258
1979	13,000
1989	15,233
2002	16,326
2010	14,546

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

• Boris Melnikow (1896–1938), Comintern functionary

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)

Web links

Commons : Selenginsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• History of the Buryats
• Environmental problems Selenginsk (English)
• Cellulose Factory Website (Russian)