Tschunski

Urban-type settlement Tschunski унский Federal district Siberia Oblast Irkutsk Rajon Tschunski Founded 1947 Urban-type settlement since 1955 population 14,996 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 290  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 39567 Post Code 665510-665514 License Plate 38, 85, 138 OKATO 25 250 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 5 '  N , 99 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 5 '0 "  N , 99 ° 38' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Irkutsk Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Tschunski ( Russian Чунский ) is an urban-type settlement in the Irkutsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 14,996 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the western edge of the Angara ridge in the southern part of the Central Siberian Mountains , about 700 kilometers northwest of the Oblast capital Irkutsk . Not far from the village, the Tschukscha river flows into the river called Tschuna from around this area (further upstream Uda ). The river gave the settlement its name, which is the Russian adjective form of Tschuna .

Tschunski has been the administrative center of the Tschunski Rajons of the same name since 1953 .

history

The place was created when, after the end of the Second World War, the construction of the western section of the later Baikal-Amur main line from Taischet on the Trans-Siberian Railway via Bratsk to Ust-Kut ( Lena station ) on the Lena was resumed.

The year of foundation is 1947. Soon the place developed into one of the forestry centers of the area (next to the nearby Lessogorsk and Oktjabrski ) and in 1955 received the status of an urban-type settlement.

In 1958 the entire length of the railway line between Taischet and Ust-Kut was completed.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	5,347
1970	9,970
1979	14,549
1989	17,747
2002	16,630
2010	14,996

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Tschunski is the center of forestry.

This is where the Tschuna train station of the Baikal-Amur main line is located (km 142 from Taischet). The regional road Tayshet – Bratsk runs through Tschunski. Up the Uda there is a road connection to Nizhneudinsk, just under 200 kilometers to the south .

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 g. po Irkutskoj oblasti (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010 for Irkutsk Oblast). on-line

Web links

• Chunsky Raion on the Irkutsk Oblast Administration website (in Russian)