rural locality
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(a "Posyolok", settlement) in
Bodaybinsky District
Bodaybinsky District () is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Bodaybinsky Municipal District.Law #67-oz The area of the district is . Its admi ...
of
Irkutsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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. Population:
Administrative status
Perevoz is the capital of the Zhuinsky Rural Settlement (Жуинское сельское поселение) municipal unit, which includes the Perevoz rural locality and the
Bolshoy Patom
The Bolshoy Patom (), "Big Patom", is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is the 11th longest tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
Geography
The locality is located in the
Patom Highlands
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There are large deposits o ...
by the Zhuya, a tributary of the Chara, northeast of the working village of
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 ...
. The Khomolkho, one of the Zhuya's main tributaries, flows into the Zhuya opposite the settlement.
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History
Perevoz is located in an area traditionally inhabited by
Evenks
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. In 1632, a Russian detachment led by then Yenisei Governor Peter Beketov came to the place where the village now stands.
Following the discovery of gold in 1846, the settlement of Perevoz began to develop steadily. Currently, despite a slight decrease in population since the turn of the century, the town has most modern amenities and is located at the head of the 25N-092 highway.