Nerchinsky Zavod () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the

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Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District () is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the ...

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 ...

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, located near the Sino-Russian border. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,842.

History

It was founded in 1689''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai'' by Greek mining engineers in the employ of the Russian Government.Kennan, p. 279 Lead and silver ore was mined by prisoners in the

Nerchinsk katorga Nerchinsk katorga (Russian: Нерчинская каторга, Nerchinskaya katorga) was a system of ''katorga'' — a type of penal labour — practiced by the Russian Empire in the area of the . That district embraced a large part of eastern T ...

starting in 1722.

Transportation

The regional road P429 leads west to Gazimursky Zavod, Shelopugino, and

Sretensk Sretensk ( rus, Сретенск, p=ˈsrʲetʲɪnsk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Sretensky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River (Amur River, ...

; it leads east to the border with China at the ''selo'' of Olochi.

Climate

Nerchinsky Zavod has a monsoon-influenced

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(

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''Dwb''), close to

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 ...

, with severely cold, dry winters and warm, rainy summers.

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is quite low but is somewhat higher from June to September than at other times of the year.

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* * * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Zabaykalsky Krai 1704 establishments in Russia Transbaikal Oblast Populated places established in 1704