Zima (town)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Zima (Template:Lang-rus; Template:Langx, Zeme) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the point where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Oka River. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
Geography
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Climate
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History
The village of Staraya Zima (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on the present site of the town was established in 1743.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1772, its population began to grow more quickly due to the construction of a horse-tract from Moscow which crossed the Oka River. Until the 1900s, Zima remained a roadside, mainly agricultural village.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1898, the Trans-Siberian railway was built through the village and a railroad station was opened. Town status was granted to Zima in 1925.[3]
Zima's population remained at around 40,000 from the 1960s until 1990; however, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the associated economic crisis, the population decreased by around 15% during the 1990s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The town is the birthplace of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian poet, the author of the biographical poem "Zima Station".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zima serves as the administrative center of Ziminsky District,[4] even though it is not a part of it.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Zima[5]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". As a municipal division, the Town of Zima is incorporated as Ziminskoye Urban Okrug.[6]
Economy
Zima's economy relies mainly on timber production and railway-related services.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Transportation
The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, with commuter trains to Irkutsk and Tulun. The M53 Federal highway (Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk) passes through Zima.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Notable people
- Alexander Zaïd - one of the founders of the Jewish defense organizations Bar Giora and Hashomer.
References
Notes
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Sources
External links
- Official website of Zima Template:In lang
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- Mojgorod.ru. Entry on Zima Template:In lang
- Zima Station. Yevgeny Yevtyshenko's poem about his home town Template:In lang
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