Skovorodino (russian: Сковородино́) is a

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and the

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Skovorodinsky District Skovorodinsky District (russian: Сковородинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #473-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative cen ...

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrat ...

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, located in the upper stream of the Bolshoy Never River northwest of

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, o ...

, the administrative center of the

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...

. Skovorodino is located from the border with Heilongjiang, China. Population:

Geography

The nearest significant town is

Tynda Tynda (russian: Ты́нда) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in ...

, about to the north on the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

History

It was founded in 1908 as the settlement of Zmeiny () during the construction of the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...

. It was then renamed Never-1 () after the nearby river. In 1911, it was once again renamed and became Rukhlovo (). It was granted town status in 1927. In 1938, it was renamed Skovorodino in honor of A. N. Skovorodin (1890–1920), chairman of a local

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, who had been killed here during the

Russian Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Russian Civil War , partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I , image = , caption = Clockwise from top left: {{flatlist, *Soldiers ...

. There is a myth that it was named after a

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factory ordered by Stalin (in Russian, "frying pan" is "" (''skovoroda'')), which is not correct.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Skovorodino serves as the

.Laws #127-OZ and #473-OZ As an administrative division, it is, together with the

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of Lesnoy, incorporated within Skovorodinsky District as Skovorodino Urban Settlement. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Skovorodinsky Municipal District.Law #473-OZ

Economy

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pipeline is currently under construction from

Tayshet Tayshet ( rus, Тайшет, p=tɐjˈʂɛt, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the obla ...

north of

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the ...

to Skovorodino; it is intended for oil to be transported from here by rail to the port of

Nakhodka Nakhodka ( rus, Нахо́дка, p=nɐˈxotkə) is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the kra ...

on the Pacific, as well as to China. This is planned as the first section of a pipeline bringing natural gas directly to the Pacific ports, managed by

Transneft Joint Stock Company Transneft (russian: Транснефть) is a state-controlled pipeline transport company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is the largest oil pipeline company in the world. Transneft is operating over of trunk pipeline ...

. It was opened on December 27, 2009 by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Climate

Skovorodino has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, g ...

(

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''Dwc''). Winters are severely cold with average temperatures from in January, while summers are mild with average temperatures from in July.

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is moderate and is much higher in summer than at other times of the year. Winters are generally dry.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Cities and towns in Amur Oblast Populated places established in 1908 1908 establishments in the Russian Empire