Severobaikalsk

city Severobaikalsk Северобайкальск coat of arms Federal district far East republic Buryatia Urban district Severobaikalsk Founded 1970 City since 1980 surface 103  km² population 24,929 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 242 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 500  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 30139 Post Code 671700-671702 License Plate 03 OKATO 81 420 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 38 '  N , 109 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 38 '0 "  N , 109 ° 19' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Buryatia

List of cities in Russia

Severobaikalsk ( Russian Северобайкальск , Buryat Хойто-Байгал / Choito-baigal ) with 24,929 inhabitants (14 October 2010), the second largest city in the Republic of Buryatia ( Russia ).

geography

The city is located in eastern Siberia , on the northwestern bank of Lake Baikal at the mouth of the Tyja River ( Тыя ). It is 430 kilometers (as the crow flies) in a north-northeast direction from the republic capital Ulan-Ude .

Severobaikalsk is surrounded by the territory of the Severo-Baikalski Rajon ("North Baikal"; this is also the origin of the city name), but does not belong to the Rajon itself, but is directly subordinate to the republic administration.

history

Severobaikalsk Railway Station

Severobaikalsk was established in 1974 in connection with the construction of the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) as the most important logistical center for the construction of the western to central section of the railway line. As for most of the other stations, a region of the former Soviet Union took over a sponsorship for the station and the city to be built there ; in this case from Leningrad Oblast .

First under the name The settlement, Nowogodny (of Russian Nowy god for the New Year ), was still in the 1970s, the adjacent, 25 kilometers northeast of unfavorable located for further local development Nizhneangarsk the rank and received in 1980 the town charter. Nizhneangarsk, however, remained the administrative center of the Rajon.

In 1981, regular rail operations from the west to Severobaikalsk and Nizhneangarsk began; on the further route to the east in the direction of Tynda only in 1989. After the completion of the railway line, the population of the city fell, but thanks to its favorable location on Lake Baikal, less than in other places along the route.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	12,882
1989	28,336
2002	25,434
2010	24,929

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Severobaikalsk is the starting point for visiting the natural beauties of the northern part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lake Baikal - in addition to the lake, the Baikal Mountains to the northwest or the thermal springs on the northeastern shore. Since the completion of the Frolikha Adventure Coastline Track , the place has also been the starting point for this 100 km longest completed section of the Great Baikal Trail .

The city has a museum on the history of the Baikal-Amur Mainline and a picture gallery.

Economy and Infrastructure

Severobaikalsk port

The main industries are logging , fishing and fish processing and transportation .

Severobaikalsk is an important station on the Baikal-Amur Mainline (route km 1065 from Taischet ; station name was Nizhneangarsk II until the 1980s ). A subdivision of the East Siberian Railway has its headquarters here, which is responsible for the entire BAM western section and its branches.

The most important port in the northern part of Lake Baikal is located here.

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. ↑ Severobaikalsk - BAM spirit in untouched nature

Web links

Commons : Severobaikalsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Severobaikalsk region, the northern Baikal area (English, Russian)
• Severobaikalsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)