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Bodaybo ( rus, Бодайбо, p=bədɐjˈbo) is a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and the
administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of Bodaybinsky District in
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,
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. It is located from
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, the administrative center of the
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.


Geography

The town is located in the Patom Highlands, on the right bank of the
Vitim River The Vitim (; , ; , ; Buryat and , ''Vitim'') is a major tributary of the Lena. Its source is east of Lake Baikal, at the confluence of rivers Vitimkan from the west and China from the east. The Vitim flows first south, bends eastwards and the ...
at its
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with the Bodaybo River. Besides Bodaybo, some of the settlements of the district are Aprilsk, Artyomovsky, Balakhninsky,
Kropotkin Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism. Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended the Page Corps and later ...
, Mamakan, Svetly, Vasilievsky, Perevoz and Bolshoy Patom.
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History

It was founded in 1864 and served the needs of the local
gold mining Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from Alluvium, alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. The expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface has led to mor ...
industry. The
Lena massacre The Lena Massacre or Lena Execution () refers to the shooting of goldfield workers on strike in northeast Siberia near the Lena River on . The strike had been provoked by exceptionally harsh working conditions, and when the strike committ ...
took place near Bodaybo in 1912. It was granted town status in 1925.


Vitim event

The Vitim event occurred on September 25, 2002 near the town. It was believed to be caused by a
bolide A bolide is normally taken to mean an exceptionally bright meteor, but the term is subject to more than one definition, according to context. It may refer to any large Impact crater, crater-forming body, or to one that explodes in the atmosphere. ...
or a
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nucleus impact.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bodaybo serves as the
administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of Bodaybinsky District,Law #49-OZ to which it is directly subordinated.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'' As a municipal division, the
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of Bodaybo, together with the '' selo'' of Nerpo in Bodaybinsky District, is incorporated within Bodaybinsky Municipal District as Bodaybinskoye Urban Settlement.Law #67-oz


Transportation

The Bodaybo Airport is the only airport in Bodaybo and is quite small. It is served by
Angara Airlines Joint Stock Company, JSC Angara Airlines () is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia. It is named after the Angara River. As with all Russian airlines since 2022, it is banned from flying into European Union, EU airspace. Overview Established in ...
which flies only to
Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...
.


Climate

Bodaybo has a
subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental 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 ...
(
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''Dfc''), with bitterly cold winters and warm summers.
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is quite low, but falls mostly in summer, with the climate being arid at other times of the year.


References


Notes


Sources

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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
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External links


Official website of Bodaybo

Bodaybo Business Directory
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