Nizhneangarsk
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Nizhneangarsk is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) and the administrative center of Severo-Baykalsky District
of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
, located at the northern tip of Lake Baikal
, 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) north of Severobaykalsk
. Population:
It was founded in 1643 by the Russia
n explorer Semyon Skorokhod and was originally called Verkhneangarsk , after the fort built here by Vasily Kolesnik in 1646. Nizhneangarsk is the location of the Nizhneangarsk Airport
, with flights to Ulan-Ude
and Irkutsk
. In the 1970s, it was planned to make Nizhneangarsk the headquarters of the western end of the Baikal Amur Mainline, but the marshy ground made it hard to build large buildings, so the headquarters was moved south to Severobaykalsk.
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...
) and the administrative center of Severo-Baykalsky District
Severo-Baykalsky District
Severo-Baykalsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located at the northern tip of Lake Baikal. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality of Nizhneangarsk...
of the Republic of Buryatia, 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...
, located at the northern tip of Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
, 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) north of Severobaykalsk
Severobaykalsk
Severobaykalsk is a town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the northern end of Lake Baikal at the mouth of the Tyya River, northwest of Ulan-Ude and northeast of Irkutsk...
. Population:
It was founded in 1643 by the 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...
n explorer Semyon Skorokhod and was originally called Verkhneangarsk , after the fort built here by Vasily Kolesnik in 1646. Nizhneangarsk is the location of the Nizhneangarsk Airport
Nizhneangarsk Airport
Nizhneangarsk Airport is an airport in Russia located 4 km northeast of Nizhneangarsk and 26 km northeast of Severobaykalsk. It is located at the northern tip of Lake Baikal. It handles small transport aircraft and has a well-maintained runway....
, with flights to Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...
and Irkutsk
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
. In the 1970s, it was planned to make Nizhneangarsk the headquarters of the western end of the Baikal Amur Mainline, but the marshy ground made it hard to build large buildings, so the headquarters was moved south to Severobaykalsk.