Dalnegorsk
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Dalnegorsk is a town in Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...

, Russia
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. Population:

It was formerly known from its founding in 1899 as Tetyukhe ' onMouseout='HidePop("75692")' href="/topics/Boar">boar
Boar
Wild boar, also wild pig, is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises...

s"), until it was renamed in 1972 as part of a campaign to change any Chinese-derived placenames in the Primorsky Krai.

History

The settlement of Tetyukhe was founded in 1899, with the founding of a lead
Lead
Lead is a main-group element in the carbon group with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed...

 and zinc
Zinc
Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...

 mine by Swiss immigrant Julius Brynner. Brynner's son Boris maintained the right to mine on the site until 1931, one of the longest-running private enterprises in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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. Boris Brynner's son Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner was a Russian-born actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on...

 later became a famous actor in the United States
United States
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.

In 1930, Tetyukhe was granted urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 status. The settlement was renamed in 1972, along with the Tetyukhe River which was renamed Rudnaya, from the Russian word "" meaning "ore". Town status was granted to Dalnegorsk in 1989.

Economy

Most population of the town are employed by two industrial enterprises: JSC
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...

 Bor and JSC Dalpolimetal.
Established in 1965, Bor is the world's largest specialized chemical enterprise. Due to the unique deposits of commercial minerals found in the district and the high technologies Bor successfully operates in the world market and is included in the list of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

's 40 most prospective enterprises. 75% of its production is exported to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, Italy
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, France
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, Japan
Japan
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, Australia
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, South Korea
South Korea
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, China
People's Republic of China
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, and other countries in Europe
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 and Asia
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.
Dalpolimetal (established in 1897) produces 58% of Russia's lead; Rudnaya Pristan
Rudnaya Pristan
Rudnaya Pristan is a village located at the mouth of the Rudnaya River, on the Pacific coast of Primorsky Krai. It is situated 35 km east of Dalnegorsk and approximately 514 km north of Vladivostok...

 has a large smelting plant. Two thirds of its production is exported to Japan, China, and Korea.

Despite the highly-developed industrialization of Dalnegorsk, over 90% of the territory under its jurisdiction is covered with Korean Pine
Korean Pine
The tree species Pinus koraiensis is commonly called Korean Pine. It is native to eastern Asia, Korea, Manchuria, far eastern Russia, and central Japan. In the north of its range, it grows at moderate altitudes, typically to , whereas further south, it is a mountain tree, growing at to altitude...

 and mixed broadleaf forests which attract nature tourism enthusiasts. However, Dalnegorsk residents suffer from serious lead poisoning from an old smelter and the unsafe transport of lead concentrate from the local lead mining site. This led the Blacksmith Institute
Blacksmith Institute
Founded in 1999, Blacksmith Institute is an international non-for-profit organization dedicated to eliminating life-threatening pollution in the developing world. Blacksmith identifies and cleans up the world's worst polluted places, focusing on communities where children are most at risk. Based in...

 to declare Dalnegorsk and neighboring Rudnaya Pristan
Rudnaya Pristan
Rudnaya Pristan is a village located at the mouth of the Rudnaya River, on the Pacific coast of Primorsky Krai. It is situated 35 km east of Dalnegorsk and approximately 514 km north of Vladivostok...

 as one of the 10 worst polluted places on earth. However, according to Anatoly Lebedev, leader of the ecological NGO
Non-governmental organization
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 BROK, this inclusion is questionable.

Transport

Dalnegorsk is connected by road to Vladivostok
Vladivostok
The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...

 (517 km). The nearest railway station (Chuguyevka
Chuguyevka
Chuguyevka is a military air base in Primorski Krai, Russia. The base's primary objective was to scramble aircraft against SR-71 flights over Vladivostok...

) is located 198 km from Dalnegorsk. The nearest sea port in 35 km from the town at Rudnaya Pristan
Rudnaya Pristan
Rudnaya Pristan is a village located at the mouth of the Rudnaya River, on the Pacific coast of Primorsky Krai. It is situated 35 km east of Dalnegorsk and approximately 514 km north of Vladivostok...

.

Politics

On October 19, 2006, three days before the elections, Dmitry Fotyanov, the mayoral candidate from the United Russia
United Russia
United Russia is a centrist political party in Russia and the largest party in the country, currently holding 315 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. The party was founded in December 2001, through a merger of the Unity and Fatherland-All Russia parties...

 party who came second in the initial round of elections, was gunned down with Kalashnikov
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...

 assault rifle fire. The weapons were located by the police in a minivan that was blown up near the offices of the local newspaper soon after the murder. The run-off election was called off as both remaining candidates agreed to stand down. The United Russia party called Fotyanov's death a "political murder".

Alleged UFO incident

Mount Izvestkovaya, also known as Height 611, is located in Dalnegorsk. It is the place of the Height 611 UFO Incident
Height 611 UFO Incident
Height 611 UFO incident refers to an alleged UFO crash in Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, USSR, on January 29, 1986. Height 611 is a hill located on the territory of the town.-Incident description:...

of 1986.

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