En Name: | Atamanovka |
Ru Name: | Атамановка |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Chitinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 10381 |
Atamanovka (Russian: Атама́новка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and a railway station in the central part of Chitinsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ingoda River, 18km (11miles) southeast of Chita. Population: 190 (1917).
Atamanovvka was founded in 1852 and initially named Atamanka (Russian: Атама́нка). Until the 1930s, Atamanovka's inhabitants lived on raising their livestock. Urban-type settlement status was granted in 1958.
A large broadcasting facility (Kruchina transmitter) for LW, MW, and SW is situated at Atamanovka.
There is a memorial honoring the explorers of space in Atamanovka.