Tschegdomyn

Urban-type settlement Tschegdomyn Чегдомын Federal district far East region Khabarovsk Rajon Verkhnebureinski Founded 1939 Urban-type settlement since 1949 population 13,048 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 460  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42149 Post Code 682030-682036 License Plate 27 OKATO 08 214 551 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 8 '  N , 133 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '0 "  N , 133 ° 1' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khabarovsk region

List of large settlements in Russia

Tschegdomyn ( Russian Чегдомын ) is an urban-type settlement in the Khabarovsk region in the Far East of Russia . It has 13,048 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement lies on the western edge of the Burejagebirges in the valley of the river Chegdomyn that far in the Bureya creek Urgal flows. Tschegdomyn is located about 340 kilometers (as the crow flies) northwest of the regional capital Khabarovsk .

The settlement is the administrative center of the Rajons Verkhnyaya Bureya (Upper Bureya). It consists of two relatively separate districts in the valley of the Tschegdomyn River and on the ridge between Tschegdomyn and Urgal.

history

The place was founded in 1939 when the development of coal deposits began here. At the same time the construction of a railway line to Tschegdomyn was started, starting from Iswestkowy (station Iswestkowaja ) on the Trans-Siberian Railway . At the beginning of the German-Soviet War in 1941, the line was practically completed, but was dismantled in 1942–1943 because the material was needed for more important war routes.

After the end of the war, the railway line was restored and put into operation in 1951. In 1948 coal mining was resumed, and in 1949 Tschegdomyn received urban-type settlement status. In 1956 the administrative center of the 63,600 km² large Verkhnebureinski Rajon, which had been in existence since 1927, was moved from Sredny Urgal , which had held this function since 1943, to Tschegdomyn.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	9,159
1970	16,499
1979	19.102
1989	20,347
2002	15.303
2010	13,048

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Local development it is the coal industry by Urgalugol ( "Urgal coal") adapted for today Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK, English Siberian Coal Energy Company is one). There are also forestry operations.

Tschegdomyn is the end point of a 356 kilometer long railway line starting at the Izvestkowaja station of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Since the 1980s, this has been crossed a little to the west by the Baikal-Amur mainline at Urgal and Nowy Urgal .

Tschegdomyn is connected to the BAM following road, from which a 180 km long road leads to the settlement Sofijsk in the far north of the Rajon. There is a small airport on the western edge of the settlement, which today (as of 2008) is not regularly served.

Web links

• Unofficial portal of the place (Russian)

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)