Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District

Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District
Александрово-Заводский район (Russian)

Location of Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2014)
Administrative center selo of Alexandrovsky Zavod[1]
Inhabited localities:[1]
Rural localities 27
Municipal structure (as of October 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Alexandrovo-Zavodsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 13
Statistics
Area 7,650 km2 (2,950 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 8,726 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 1.14/km2 (3.0/sq mi)[5]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[6]
Established January 4, 1926[1]
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Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District (Russian: Алекса́ндрово-Заво́дский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai. The area of the district is 7,650 square kilometers (2,950 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Alexandrovsky Zavod.[1] Population: 8,726(2010 Census);[4] 10,844 (2002 Census);[7] 14,990(1989 Census).[8] The population of Alexandrovsky Zavod accounts for 28.4% of the district's total population.[4]

Geography

The highest point of the district is Mount Uchashchina, at 1,412 meters (4,633 ft). The Gazimur and the Borzya Rivers flow through the district.

History

Russians explored the region in the 17th century. In 1778, silver deposits were discovered here, and the first silver mine, which was included into the network of Nerchinsk silver refineries, was built in the village of Bazanovo. Catherine the Great ordered to give additional money to the network in 1790. As a result, on the spot of modern Alexandrovsky Zavod appeared a silver works in 1792, which later was named after Alexander I. All the workers of the works were political and penal criminals. The most famous of them was an ideologue of Russian Socialism, Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

After the silver resources depletion in the late 1880s, population comprised Cossacks and peasants who took active part in Russian revolutions.

The district in its modern form was established on January 4, 1926.[1]

In the 1930s, there was Cossack and peasant unrest caused by collectivization. There were massive deportations and repressions. World War II caused an enormous decrease in manpower and the district's industry.

The population of the district suffers from different oncological diseases.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  2. 1 2 Law #316-ZZK
  3. Law #317-ZZK
  4. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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