Kalga Explained

For other uses see Kalga (disambiguation).

En Name:Kalga
Ru Name:Калга
Coordinates:50.9167°N 172°W
Map Label Position:bottom
Federal Subject:Zabaykalsky Krai
Adm District Jur:Kalgansky District
Adm Ctr Of:Kalgansky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Pop 2010Census:3425
Date:April 2013

Kalga (Russian: Калга) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kalgansky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.

Geography

It lies of the shore of the River Kalga (RUSSIA). It is located 581 km from Chita. In the village there is a district hospital, a pharmacy, a boarding school, an evening school, a creamery, a state bank, and a bookstore.[1]

History

Kalga was founded in 1777 by exiled members of the Pugachev uprising. Cossacks were settled here beginning in 1851. In September 1908 the 1st Transbaikal battery was deployed in the village. In the 1920s, most of the peasant households united in collective farms, but by the summer of 1930 the farms had disintegrated and kolkhas were formed. In 1942, it became the administrative center of the district. An asphalt plant was formed in 1987.[1]

Demographics

Population:

Notes and References

  1. http://encycl.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=4565 Kalga