Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky ( rus, Петровск-Забайкальский, p=pʲɪˈtrofsk zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj) is a

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and the

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of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District 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 ...

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, located along the Balyaga River in the valley between Zagan-Daban and Zagorinsky mountain ranges, southwest of Chita. Population:

History

Before the exploration expeditions of the Russian

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in the 17th century, the future Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's location was a route junction of nomadic Buryat tribes.

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granted the heads of the tribes with

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. The settlement, founded in 1789 and known then as Petrovsky Zavod (), grew and developed around its iron

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. From 1830 to 1839, it was a detention place for seventy-one

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and ten of their wives, who were sent here from Chita. There is a commemorating mark on the railway station. In a restored house of the princess Ekaterina Troubetskaya, wife of Sergey Trubetskoy, was organized a museum, which opened on October 10, 1980. In Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky's historical district there are several buildings related to the times of Decembrists in the town. In 1926, the settlement was granted town status and given its present name. In 1940, a new iron

was built, which was one of the most important iron factories in the region during the following decades.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky serves as the

of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District and is subordinated to it.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai As a municipal division, the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky is incorporated as Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug.The Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities lists one town, three urban-type settlements, and twenty-two rural localities in Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District. The town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky is listed as a part of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug in Law #316-ZZK.

Economy and transportation

There is a glass plant, a

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, and food factories in Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky. The town is a railroad station on the

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, and on the Chita–

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route.

References

Notes

Sources

* * *Дворниченко Н. Е., Земля за Байкалом, Иркутск, 1970 *Прыжов И. Г., Пушкарев Л. Н., Декабристы в Сибири на Петровском Заводе, М., 1985

External links

* Mojgorod.ru
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