Uglegorsk closed urban-type settlement in Amur Oblast

Amur Oblast

Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , situated about east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers. It shares its border with the Sakha Republic in the north, Khabarovsk Krai and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the east, People's Republic of China in the south, and Zabaykalsky...

. From 1969 to 1994 the town was called Svobodny-18 and was established in order to serve the nearby ICBM base of the Soviet Armed Forces

Soviet Armed Forces

The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR , and Soviet Union from their beginnings in the...

. The town took its name from a town called Svobodny and lies 50 km south of it, in order to confuse foreign-intelligence. Population: The town contains 33 blocks of residential homes, the boiler room. Gas economy is absent. There is a middle school, children's arts school, two kindergartens and a hospital.

Geography

The town is situated on the River Great Pera (a tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Zeya

Zeya River

Zeya River , 1,242 km long, is a northern tributary of the Amur River. It rises in the Tokiysky Stanovik mountain ridge, a part of the Stanovoy Range. The first Russian to enter the area was Vassili Poyarkov....

), 180 km north of Blegoveshchensk, 110 km from the border with China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. 50 km south of the town lies the town of Svobodny

Svobodny, Amur Oblast

Svobodny is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: 58,730 ; 63,889 ; -Geography:The town is located north of Blagoveshchensk on the right bank of the Zeya River.-History:...

 and 50 km north-west of the town lies the town of Shimanovsk

Shimanovsk

Shimanovsk is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: 22,267 .-Geography:Shimanovsk is located on the Bolshaya Pyora River, a right-hand tributary of the Zeya, some 250 km northwest of Blagoveshchensk.-History:...

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Transport

A train station serves the town and is located 5 km from the town on the Transsiberian line. The federal highway Amur

M58 highway (Russia)

The Russian route M58 is a federal highway in Russia, part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. It runs from Chita to Khabarovsk and has a length of 2100 km....

 also passes there.

Vostochny cosmodrome

In July 2010, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the area would be the site of a new Vostochny cosmodrome

Vostochny Cosmodrome

The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a planned Russian spaceport, to be located at 51 degrees north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is located in Kazakhstan...

 ("Eastern Spaceport"), to reduce Russian dependence on the Baikonur cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...

 in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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