Vysokogorny (Khabarovsk)

Urban-type settlement Wyssokogorny Высокогорный Federal district far East region Khabarovsk Rajon Waninski Founded 1943 Earlier names Muli (1943–1955) Urban-type settlement since 1949 population 3376 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 450  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42137 Post Code 682855 License Plate 27 OKATO 08 212 555 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 6 '  N , 139 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '0 "  N , 139 ° 7' 15"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khabarovsk region

Vysokogorny ( Russian Высокого́рный ) is an urban-type settlement in the Khabarovsk region ( Russia ) with 3376 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 350 km as the crow flies northeast of the regional administrative center of Khabarovsk in the northern part of the Sichote-Alin Mountains, a little east of the watershed ridge of the mountains, which in this area reaches heights of a good 1600  m . It is located on the left bank of the upper reaches of the Muli, a right tributary of the Tumnin .

Vysokogorny belongs to the Waninski Rajon and is about 140 km to the northwest from its administrative seat Wanino . It is the seat of the township Vysokogornenskoje gorodskoje posselenije, which includes Vysokogorny and the station settlements of Oune (at km 182), Kosgrambo (km 189), Kuznetsovsky (km 203) and Datta (km 240).

history

The place arose from 1943 in connection with the construction of the railway line from the Amur across from Komsomolsk on the Amur to Sovetskaya Gawan on the Sea of ​​Japan at the Muli station named after the river . The line went into operation in 1947. Muli received urban-type settlement status in 1949 and was renamed Vysokogorny in 1955 , which in Russian means high mountain settlement .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	7561
1970	4935
1979	4394
1989	4244
2002	4044
2010	3376

Note: census data

traffic

Vysokogorny is located on the railway line Komsomolsk on the Amur - Sovetskaya Gawan (station Vysokogornaya; route kilometer 220 from Piwan on the right bank of the Amur), the eastern extension of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). To the northwest of the village, the route crosses under the Sichote-Alin main ridge through the 3890 m long Kuznetsovsky tunnel , which was opened on December 25, 2012 after a four-year construction period. The tunnel replaces the steep and winding section over the 700  m highest point of the route at the Kuznetsovsky Pass , a previous bottleneck on the route, the length of which is also reduced by 12.7 km. Road connection exists in the direction of Komsomolsk along the railway line.

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. ↑ Article ( Memento of February 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the regional news agency VladNews of December 25, 2012 (Russian)