Sretensk ( rus, Сретенск, p=ˈsrʲetʲɪnsk) is a

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and the

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Sretensky District Sretensky District (russian: Сретенский райо́н) 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 ...

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. " Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai ...

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, located on the right bank of the Shilka River (

Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long ...

basin), east of Chita, the administrative center of the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

. Population:

History

It was founded in 1689 and granted town status in 1926. Between October 1914 and 1921, it accommodated the Sretensk prisoner of war camp.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sretensk serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai'' As a municipal division, the

of Sretensk, together with one rural locality (the '' selo'' of Morgul), is incorporated within Sretensky Municipal District as Sretenskoye Urban Settlement.Law #317-ZZK

Transportation

The P426 road leads west to

Nerchinsk Nerchinsk ( rus, Не́рчинск; bua, Нэршүү, ''Nershüü''; mn, Нэрчүү, ''Nerchüü''; mnc, m=, v=Nibcu, a=Nibqu; zh, t=涅尔琴斯克（尼布楚）, p=Niè'ěrqínsīkè (Níbùchǔ)) is a town and the administrative ce ...

. The P429 road leads west to Shelopugino,

Gazimursky Zavod Gazimursky Zavod (russian: Газиму́рский Заво́д) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Gazimuro-Zavodsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia,Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inh ...

Nerchinsky Zavod Nerchinsky Zavod (russian: Не́рчинский Заво́д) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located near the Sino-Russian border. As of the 20 ...

, and eventually to the border with China.

Climate

Sretensk has a cold

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

''Dwb'') bordering closely on a subarctic climate (

''Dwc''), with severely cold winters and very warm summers.

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is quite low but is much higher in summer than at other times of the year.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Cities and towns in Zabaykalsky Krai Populated places established in 1689 17th-century establishments in Russia 1689 establishments in Russia Transbaikal Oblast