Raychikhinsk Райчихинск
Town^[1]
Motor Rally in Raychikhinsk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Raychikhinsk
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Coordinates: 49°47′N 129°25′E / 49.783°N 129.417°E / 49.783; 129.417
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Amur Oblast^[1]
Founded	1932
Town status since	1944
Government
• Head	Viktor Radchenko
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population (2010 Census)^[2]
• Total	20,534
• Estimate (2018)^[3]	17,372 (−15.4%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug^[1]
• Capital of	Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug^[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug^[4]
• Capital of	Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug^[4]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 ^[5])
Postal code(s)^[6]	676770–676772, 676776, 676779
Dialing code(s)	+7 41647
OKTMO ID	10720000001
Website	www.raychihinsk.ru

Raychikhinsk (Russian: Райчи́хинск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located in the Zeya–Bureya basin, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the Amur River and the border with China, and about 165 kilometers (103 mi) east of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 20,534 (2010 Census);^[2] 24,498 (2002 Census);^[7] 27,873 (1989 Census).^[8]

History

The town is located near a brown coal deposit which had been known of since the late 1800s. Mining began in 1913, with the foundation of the first permanent settlement in 1932, named Raychikha (Райчиха) after a local stream.^{[citation needed]}

From 1938 until 1942, Raychikha was host to a prison camp of the gulag system, where up to 11,000 prisoners were kept for forced labor in the mining of coal.^[9]

In 1944, it was granted town status and given its present name.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated as Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.^[4]

Economy

Brown coal mining remains the main economic focus of the town; two open-pit mines surround the town almost completely. The city's largest enterprise is JSC Amursky Coal (Severo-Vostochny and Yerkovetsky open-pit mines, Kontaktovy plot).

Transportation

The town is terminus for a 39-kilometer (24 mi) branch line, which connects to the Trans-Siberian Railway at Bureya.

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Law #127-OZ
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Law #446-OZ
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
^ 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).
^ 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.
^ "Raitschicha-Itl". Archived from the original on September 20, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2009.

Sources

Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №446-ОЗ от 11 марта 2005 г. «О наделении муниципального образования города Райчихинск статусом городского округа и об установлении его границ», в ред. Закона №202-ОЗ от 9 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в некоторые законодательные акты области по вопросам административно-территориального устройства области». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 4. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №54, 16 марта 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #446-OZ of March 11, 2005 On Granting the Municipal Formation of the Town of Raychikhinsk the Urban Okrug Status and on Establishing Its Borders, as amended by the Law #202-OZ of July 9, 2013 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Oblast on the Issues of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Oblast. Effective as of the date set forth in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.).

v t e Administrative divisions of Amur Oblast
Administrative center: Blagoveshchensk • Rural localities
Districts	Arkharinsky Belogorsky Blagoveshchensky Bureysky Ivanovsky Konstantinovsky Magdagachinsky Mazanovsky Mikhaylovsky Oktyabrsky Romnensky Selemdzhinsky Seryshevsky Shimanovsky Skovorodinsky Svobodnensky Tambovsky Tyndinsky Zavitinsky Zeysky
Cities and towns	Belogorsk Blagoveshchensk Progress Raychikhinsk Shimanovsk Skovorodino Svobodny Tsiolkovsky Tynda Zavitinsk Zeya
Urban-type settlements	Arkhara Bureya Ekimchan Fevralsk Magdagachi Novobureysky Novoraychikhinsk Progress Seryshevo Sivaki Talakan Tokur Urusha Ushumun Yerofey Pavlovich