Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District
Александрово-Заводский район
District
Flag of Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District
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Location of Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai
Coordinates: 50°55′26″N 117°55′55″E / 50.924°N 117.932°E / 50.924; 117.932
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
EstablishedJanuary 4, 1926[1]
Administrative centerAlexandrovsky Zavod[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total7,100 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total8,726
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
7,580 (−13.1%)
 • Density1.2/km2 (3.2/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[1]27 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asAlexandrovo-Zavodsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID76604000
Websitehttps://alzav.75.ru/

Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District (Russian: Алекса́ндрово-Заво́дский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai, and borders with Shelopuginsky District in the north, Gazimuro-Zavodsky District in the northeast, Kalgansky District in the east, Krasnokamensky District in the south, Priargunsky District in the southeast, and with Borzinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 7,100 square kilometers (2,700 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Alexandrovsky Zavod.[1] Population: 8,726 (2010 Census);[3] 10,844 (2002 Census);[8] 14,990 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Alexandrovsky Zavod accounts for 28.4% of the district's total population.[3]

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. The district's mineral reserves include the Bugdainskoe mine, which contain one of the largest molybdenum reserves in Russia.

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.[citation needed]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  2. ^ a b "Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Encyclopedia of Trans-Baikal" (in Russian). Transbaikal State University. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Law #316-ZZK
  6. ^ Law #317-ZZK
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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