Tulun

This article covers the city in Russia. For the founder of a Turkish dynasty, see Ahmad ibn Tulun .

city Tulun Тулун coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Irkutsk Urban district Tulun Founded 18th century City since 1927 surface 134  km² population 44,611 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 333 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 460  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 39530 Post Code 665250-665268 License Plate 38, 85, 138 OKATO 25 432 Website www.adm-tulun.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 34 '  N , 100 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 34 '0 "  N , 100 ° 34' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Irkutsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Tulun ( Russian Тулун ) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 44,611 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Tulun train station

The city lies on the plain north of the Eastern Sayan , about 390 km northwest of the Oblast capital Irkutsk , on the river Ija , which in turn flows into the Oka or the Bratsker reservoir .

The city of Tulun forms an independent urban district and is also the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name that surrounds the urban district .

Tulun is on the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 4795 from Moscow ) and the M53 Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Listvyanka highway . Here the road to Bratsk branches off from it (R419).

history

Tulun was created in the second half of the 18th century (according to other sources, it was first mentioned in 1735). The name means valley in Yakut . Towards the end of the 19th century, the village was run under the name Tulunowskoje and developed into an important regional trading center, especially after the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway around 1900. Already as a city from 1922 to 1924, Tulun was finally granted city rights in 1927.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2,000
1926	6,000
1939	28.198
1959	41,783
1970	49,440
1979	51,770
1989	52.903
2002	51,848
2010	44,611

Note: census data (rounded up to 1926)

Culture and sights

Individual wooden buildings from the 19th century have been preserved in Tulun. The city has a local museum founded in 1963.

economy

Tulun is an important center of the coal and wood industry. Lignite is mined in the Aseiski ( Азейский ) and Tulunski ( Тулунский ) opencast mines nearby ; there is a hydrolysis plant . There are also building materials and food industries.

sons and daughters of the town

• Natalja Vorobjowa (* 1991), Russian wrestler

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

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Tulun on mojgorod.ru (Russian)