Karymskoye Explained

En Name:Karymskoye
Ru Name:Карымское
Coordinates:51.6°N 134°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Zabaykalsky Krai
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm Data As Of:January 2012
Adm District Jur:Karymsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Karymsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun Data As Of:December 2009
Urban Okrug Jur:Karymskoye Urban Okrug
Urban Okrug Jur Ref:[2]
Mun Admctr Of:Karymskoye Urban Okrug
Pop 2010Census:13,037
Date:September 2013

Karymskoye (Russian: Карымское; Buriat: Ага, Aga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Karymsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: .

History

Karymskoye was founded in 1761 by the baptized Tungus ("karym") Gantimurov family. After 1822, the settlement was subordinate to the Urulginskaya foreign council. Originally the village of Karymskoye was on the left bank of the Ingoda river. After the flood of 1897 the inhabitants moved to the railway station, built in 1897 on a high place. The village consisted of 4 short streets with 92 different kinds of buildings, including an elementary school, a resettlement center, several shops and a bathhouse. It has been the administrative center of the Karymsky district since 1926, and it received urban locality status in 1935. In 1982, the memorial "The Military Glory" was opened in honor of the soldiers who died in the Second World War.[3]

Economy

Karym Electromechanical Plant and the Karymsky integrated forestry plant are located in the town. There is also a butter factory, railroad enterprises. departments, road-repair construction management, and a bread-baking plant.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
  2. Law #316-ZZK
  3. http://encycl.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=4544 Karymskoye