Solotorechensk

Urban-type settlement Solotorechensk Zolotorechensk Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Olowjanninsky Founded 1986 Urban-type settlement since 1988 population 1442 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 900  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30253 Post Code 674544 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 232 552 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 3 '  N , 116 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '15 "  N , 116 ° 44' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Solotorechensk ( Russian Золоторе́ченск ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 1,442 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 250 km as the crow flies east-southeast of the regional capital Chita north of the almost 1,400  m high Kukulbei ridge.

Solotorechensk belongs to the Olowjanninsky Rajon and is located a good 80 km east of its administrative center Olowjannaya . It is the seat and only locality of the municipality Solotorechenskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

The settlement was founded in 1986 in connection with the beginning of the construction of a mining operation, which was to mine the recently discovered Amazonite and Amazonite granite deposits Etykinskoye as well as various ore deposits ( tungsten , bismuth , molybdenum ) in the area. Solotechensk has had the status of an urban-type settlement since 1988.

As a result of the economic crisis after the collapse of the Soviet Union , the plans were not realized: the mining operation was not opened and the construction of an already partially completed railway line from Khada-Bulak to Solotechensk was discontinued and the tracks were dismantled. As a result, over three quarters of the residents who had already settled there have since left the place.

Population development

year	Residents
1989	6066
2002	2033
2010	1442

Note: census data

traffic

A road leads to Solotorechensk, which branches off the regional road 76K-012 (formerly R431) Pervomaiski  - Kondui at the Kalangui settlement about 15 km to the southwest . In this direction, the settlement of Chada-Bulak, about 60 km away, north of Scherlowaya Gora , which is on the A350 highway (formerly A166) from Chita to the border with the People's Republic of China near Sabaikalsk , can be reached. Khada-Bulak is also the closest train station on the Karymskaya  - Sabaikalsk route.

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. ↑ Solotoretschensk in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)