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Babushkin (town)

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Babushkin
Бабушкин
Town[1]
A street in Babushkin
A street in Babushkin
Coat of arms of Babushkin
Coat of arms
Location of Babushkin
Map
Babushkin is located in Russia
Babushkin
Babushkin
Location of Babushkin
Babushkin is located in Republic of Buryatia
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Babushkin
Babushkin (Republic of Buryatia)
Coordinates: 51°43′N 105°52′E / 51.717°N 105.867°E / 51.717; 105.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBuryatia[1]
Administrative districtKabansky District[1]
TownBabushkin[1]
Founded1892[2]
Town status since1902
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total4,831
 • Capital ofTown of Babushkin[1]
 • Municipal districtKabansky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementBabushkinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofBabushkinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
30138
OKTMO ID81624103001

Babushkin (Russian: Ба́бушкин), known as Mysovsk (Мысовск) before 1941, is a town in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the southern shore of Lake Baikal on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: 4,831 (2010 Census);[3] 4,953 (2002 Census);[7] 7,298 (1989 Soviet census);[8] 9,000 (1967).

History

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It was founded in 1892 as a postal station Mysovaya (Мысовая),[2] its name derived from the Russian word Mys meaning "cape", referring to its location on the shores of Lake Baikal.

A few years later it was chosen as the eastern terminus for the train ferry across Lake Baikal, which was used as part of the Trans-Siberian Railway until the rail line around the southern shore was completed in 1905. It was granted town status under the name Mysovsk in 1902.[citation needed]

It was renamed Babushkin in 1942,[2] in honor of the revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, arrested and executed at Mysovaya station in 1906.

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Babushkin—an administrative division of Kabansky District.[1] As a municipal division, the territory of Babushkin, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement.[4] The remaining two rural localities are incorporated as Klyuyevskoye Rural Settlement of Kabansky Municipal District.[4]

Economy

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Babushkin is a depot for wood transport on the Trans-Siberian Railway, as well as a tourist center for tours on southern Lake Baikal.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Resolution #43
  2. ^ a b c Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 32. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c d e Law #985-III
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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