Sretensk

Sretensk
Сретенск
Town
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Coat of arms of Sretensk
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Sretensk is located in Russia
Sretensk
Sretensk
Location of Sretensk
Sretensk is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Sretensk
Sretensk
Sretensk (Zabaykalsky Krai)
Coordinates: 52°15′N 117°43′E / 52.250°N 117.717°E / 52.250; 117.717
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai
Administrative districtSretensky District
Founded1689
Town status since1926
Elevation
490 m (1,610 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
6,850
 • Estimate 
(1 January 2018)
6,581 (−3.9%)
 • Capital ofSretensky District
 • Municipal districtSretensky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementSretenskoye Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofSretensky Municipal District, Sretenskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal codes
673500, 673504
OKTMO ID76640101001
Sretensk, 1885

Sretensk (Russian: Сретенск, IPA: [ˈsrʲetʲɪnsk]) is a town and the administrative center of Sretensky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River (Amur basin), 385 kilometers (239 mi) east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 6,850 (2010 census); 8,192 (2002 census); 10,445 (1989 Soviet census).

History

The town was founded in 1689 and was granted town status in 1926. The Trans-Siberian Railway reached the town in 1897; until the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway, this was the end of the line. At the time, transport was the town's largest industry; the town served as a transshipment point between the railway, the Amur and Shilka rivers, and carriages or carts. Prisoners sentenced to exile in the Nerchinsk katorga would be transferred from trains to carriages here.

During the Russo-Japanese War, troops were stationed there, as well as Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. Between October 1914 and 1921, it accommodated the Sretensk prisoner of war camp. [citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sretensk serves as the administrative center of Sretensky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Sretensk, together with one rural locality (the selo of Morgul), is incorporated within Sretensky Municipal District as Sretenskoye Urban Settlement.

Transportation

The P426 road leads west to Nerchinsk. The P429 road leads west to Shelopugino, Gazimursky Zavod, Nerchinsky Zavod, and eventually to the border with China.

Climate

Sretensk has a cold humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) bordering closely on a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc), with severely cold winters and very warm summers. Precipitation is quite low but is much higher in summer than at other times of the year.

Climate data for Sretensk
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9)		 3.5
(38.3)		 20.1
(68.2)		 31.7
(89.1)		 34.7
(94.5)		 41.3
(106.3)		 39.7
(103.5)		 36.7
(98.1)		 31.7
(89.1)		 26.7
(80.1)		 11.7
(53.1)		 2.6
(36.7)		 41.3
(106.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −21.0
(−5.8)		 −12.8
(9.0)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 9.7
(49.5)		 18.6
(65.5)		 24.9
(76.8)		 26.5
(79.7)		 23.7
(74.7)		 17.0
(62.6)		 6.8
(44.2)		 −8.5
(16.7)		 −20.3
(−4.5)		 5.2
(41.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −27.4
(−17.3)		 −21.1
(−6.0)		 −10.0
(14.0)		 2.3
(36.1)		 10.6
(51.1)		 16.9
(62.4)		 19.4
(66.9)		 16.6
(61.9)		 9.3
(48.7)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 −15.0
(5.0)		 −26.0
(−14.8)		 −2.1
(28.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −32.9
(−27.2)		 −28.4
(−19.1)		 −18.0
(−0.4)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 2.7
(36.9)		 9.5
(49.1)		 13.3
(55.9)		 11.1
(52.0)		 3.1
(37.6)		 −6.4
(20.5)		 −20.6
(−5.1)		 −31.0
(−23.8)		 −8.5
(16.6)
Record low °C (°F) −50.7
(−59.3)		 −48.6
(−55.5)		 −40.0
(−40.0)		 −24.7
(−12.5)		 −10.2
(13.6)		 −4.0
(24.8)		 0.6
(33.1)		 −2.6
(27.3)		 −12.5
(9.5)		 −29.3
(−20.7)		 −41.1
(−42.0)		 −48.4
(−55.1)		 −50.7
(−59.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.9
(0.15)		 2.9
(0.11)		 4.1
(0.16)		 12.1
(0.48)		 33.2
(1.31)		 63.0
(2.48)		 98.0
(3.86)		 91.9
(3.62)		 47.6
(1.87)		 14.3
(0.56)		 9.6
(0.38)		 7.2
(0.28)		 387.8
(15.26)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.0 4.5 4.3 5.4 7.3 11.3 14.2 13.4 9.4 5.3 7.1 8.1 96.3
Average relative humidity (%) 73.4 69.3 60.0 46.8 46.6 60.4 68.6 71.4 66.3 61.5 71.2 75.1 64.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours 151 191 246 235 262 261 242 211 193 195 150 120 2,457
Source: Pogoda.ru.net (humidity, sunshine and precip. days)

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Law #317-ZZK
  4. ↑ Law #316-ZZK
  5. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 76 640 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 76 640 101. ).
  6. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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  8. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Bardakova, V.V.; Zherebtsova, T.I. "Сретенск". Энциклопедия Забайкалья (in Russian). Retrieved July 16, 2026.
  11. ↑ Izmailovich, Aleksandra (1908). Budnitsky, Oleg (ed.). Женщины-террористки России. Бескорыстные убийцы [Russia's Female Terrorists: Selfless Killers] (in Russian). Rostov-on-Don: Feniks (published 1996). ISBN 5858801870. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
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  13. ↑ "Sretensk, Russia". www.pogodaiklimat.ru. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Browser Check Page". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

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