Raychikhinsk
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Raychikhinsk is located in Amur Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Administratively subordinated to | Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[1] |
| Administrative center of | Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[1] |
| Municipal status (as of July 2013) | |
| Urban okrug | Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[2] |
| Administrative center of | Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[2] |
| Head[citation needed] | Viktor Radchenko[citation needed] |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 20,534 inhabitants[3] |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4] |
| Founded | 1932[citation needed] |
| Town status since | 1944[citation needed] |
| Previous names | Raychikha (until 1944)[citation needed] |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 676770–676772, 676776, 676779 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41647[citation needed] |
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Raychikhinsk (Russian: Райчи́хинск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located in the Zeya–Bureya basin, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the Amur River and the border with China, and about 165 kilometers (103 mi) east of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 20,534 (2010 Census);[3] 24,498 (2002 Census);[6] 27,873 (1989 Census).[7]
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History
The town is located near a brown coal deposit which had been known of since the late 1800s. Mining began in 1913, with the foundation of the first permanent settlement in 1932, named Raychikha (Райчиха) after a local stream.[citation needed]
From 1938 until 1942, Raychikha was host to a prison camp of the gulag system, where up to 11,000 prisoners were kept for forced labor in the mining of coal.[8]
In 1944, it was granted town status and given its present name.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated as Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]
Economy
Brown coal mining remains the main economic focus of the town; two open-pit mines surround the town almost completely.
Transportation
The town is terminus for a 39-kilometer (24 mi) branch line, which connects to the Trans-Siberian Railway at Bureya.
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #127-OZ
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #446-OZ
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.gulag.memorial.de/lager.php5?lag=290
Sources
- Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
- Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №446-ОЗ от 11 марта 2005 г. «О наделении муниципального образования города Райчихинск статусом городского округа и об установлении его границ», в ред. Закона №202-ОЗ от 9 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в некоторые законодательные акты области по вопросам административно-территориального устройства области». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 4. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №54, 16 марта 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #446-OZ of March 11, 2005 On Granting the Municipal Formation of the Town of Raychikhinsk the Urban Okrug Status and on Establishing Its Borders, as amended by the Law #202-OZ of July 9, 2013 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Oblast on the Issues of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Oblast. Effective as of the date set forth in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.).
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