Slyudyanka ( rus, Слюдянка, p=slʲʉˈdʲankə) is a

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and the

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Slyudyansky District Slyudyansky District (russian: Слюдя́нский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Slyudyansky Municipal District.Law # ...

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

, located at the southern tip of

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, I ...

, south of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom ...

. Population: The town is a stop and major railroad junction for the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the eas ...

, and also serves as the starting point for the historic Circum-Baikal Railway.

Etymology

The town takes its name from the Russian word for

mica Micas ( ) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates. This characteristic is described as perfect basal cleavage. Mica is ...

, reflecting the numerous mineral deposits in the area.

History

Slyudyanka

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

and a settlement around it were established in 1905. Town status was granted to it in 1936.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slyudyanka serves as the

,Law #49-OZ to which it is directly subordinated.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'' As a municipal division, the

of Slyudyanka, together with two rural localities in Slyudyansky District, is incorporated within Slyudyansky Municipal District as Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement.Law #72-oz

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 Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement

Official website of the Slyudyanka weekly newspaper ''Slavnoye More''
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast Populated places on Lake Baikal