Bada () is a
rural locality (a ''
selo'') in
Khiloksky District
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of
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Russian Far East. Its administrative center is Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the population was ...
,
Russia
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, located along the
Khilok River. Population:
History
Bada was founded in 1895 as a railway station of the
Trans-Siberian Railway
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. During the
Russian Civil War
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in
Transbaikal
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykal'ye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Si ...
in 1920, the Japanese Expeditionary Troops and military formations of the
Far Eastern Republic
The Far Eastern Republic ( rus, Дальневосточная Республика, Dal'nevostochnaya Respublika, p=dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə, links=yes; ), sometimes called the Chita Republic (, ), was a nominally indep ...
met at the Bada and Gongota stations to ensure a secure evacuation of the Japanese forces home. Prompted by the Japanese withdrawal from
Eastern Siberia
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during summer of 1920, the Soviet troops launched a series of operations which ended in liberation of
Chita and Transbaikal from the troops of
ataman
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Grigory Semyonov in October 1920.
In the following decades Bada developed quickly and its population increased significantly in the 1960s because of the nearby construction of
Bada air base.
Since the 1990s, there has been a permanent population decrease in Bada and nearby villages. The railroad is currently the only provider of employment.
References
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Rural localities in Zabaykalsky Krai