Usolye-Sibirskoye
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Usolye-Sibirskoye (Template:Lang-rus) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Angara River. Population: Template:Ru-census2021 Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
It was founded in 1669 under the name Usolye, an archaic Russian word for a salt producing town, by the Mikhalevs brothers, Cossacks who had discovered salt deposits in a nearby spring.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Siberian Route was built through the town in the 18th century, followed in the late 19th century by the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Town status was granted to it in 1925.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The town's name was given the extension Sibirskoye (Siberian) in 1940, to differentiate from the town of Usolye in the Kama River region.
From 1947 until 1953, the town hosted a prison camp of the gulag system.[3]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, the Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye is incorporated as Usolye-Sibirskoye Urban Okrug.[5]
Until November 2016, Usolye-Sibirskoye served as the administrative center of Usolsky District,[6][7] even though it was not a part of it.[4]
Economy and infrastructure
Ever since its inception, the main industry of the town has been salt-mining. With the opening of a major mine in 1956, the town became Russia's largest producer of table salt. Related chemical industries such as Usolyekhimprom were also developed.
There is also assembly plant for heavy machinery, including mining equipment produced by the company Usolyemash.
The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and is located on the highway from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk.
A tram network has operated since the 1960s, originally funded by the salt mine.
Climate
Usolye-Sibirskoye has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwc).
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Gallery
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Palace of Culture and Monument to Anisim and Gavriil Mikhaliovs in Usoliie-Sibirskoie
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City Council of Usolie-Sibirskoie
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Catholic parish in Usolie-Sibirskoie
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Transfiguration of the Lord Orthodox Church in Usolie-Sibirskoie
References
Notes
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- ↑ Memorial - website about the GULAG (German)
- ↑ a b Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13
- ↑ Law #91-oz
- ↑ Law #95-OZ
- ↑ Law #87-OZ
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Sources
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- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #95-OZ of November 3, 2016 On Transferring the Administrative Center of Usolsky District of Irkutsk Oblast from the Town of Usolye-Sibirskoye to the Work Settlement of Belorechensky and on Amending Part 2 of Article 16 of the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Irkutsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is ten calendar days after the day of the official publication.).
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #87-OZ of November 3, 2016 On Amending Article 3 of the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of Usolsky District of Irkutsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is ten calendar days after the day of the official publication.).
External links
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