Shelopugino, Zabaykalsky Krai
Shelopugino (Russian: Шелопугино) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Shelopuginsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 3,274 (2010 Census); 3,571 (2002 Census); 4,199 (1989 Soviet census).
Geography
The village is about 462 km southeast of the regional capital Chita and 72 km from the nearest railway station. It is on the bank of the Unda River. There is a Museum of Local History.
History
Shelopugino was first mentioned in 1782. A prison camp operated until 1917. In January 1930 the agricultural commune was formed, which united 11 villages or 900 peasant households, but by May it had ceased, and the residents joined the peasant uprising. Until the 1990s, the airport operated.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shelopugino in the Encyclopedia Transbaikaliens (Russian)
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