En Name: | Nerchinsky Zavod |
Ru Name: | Нерчинский Завод |
Coordinates: | 51.3°N 156°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Nerchinsko-Zavodsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Nerchinsko-Zavodskoye Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Nerchinsko-Zavodsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [2] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Nerchinsko-Zavodskoye Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 2842 |
Pop Latest: | 2680 |
Pop Latest Date: | January 2014 |
Established Date: | 1689 |
Postal Codes: | 674370, 674684 |
Nerchinsky Zavod population | |
Bodystyle: | width:23.5em |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 2,842 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 3,149 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 3,845 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 3,243 |
Nerchinsky Zavod (ru|Не́рчинский Заво́д) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located near the Sino-Russian border. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,842.
It was founded in 1689[3] by Greek mining engineers in the employ of the Russian Government.[4] Lead and silver ore was mined by prisoners in the Nerchinsk katorga starting in 1722.
The regional road P429 leads west to Gazimursky Zavod, Shelopugino, and Sretensk; it leads east to the border with China at the selo of Olochi.
Nerchinsky Zavod has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc), with severely cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is quite low but is somewhat higher from June to September than at other times of the year.