En Name: | Khorinsk |
Ru Name: | Хоринск |
Coordinates: | 52.1617°N 109.7692°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Buryatia |
Adm District Jur: | Khorinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Selsoviet |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Khorinsky |
Adm Selsoviet Jur Ref: | [1] |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Khorinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Khorinsky Selsoviet |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun Data As Of: | October 2015 |
Mun District Jur: | Khorinsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [2] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Khorinskoye Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Khorinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Khorinskoye Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 8138 |
Date: | August 2018 |
Khorinsk (Russian: Хо́ринск, Buriat: Хори, Khori) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Khorinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. In recent census', its population has been:
Khorinsk was formed by the merger of two villages: Duma and Bazar. Duma was the center of Khorin steppe Duma. In the village bazaar lived Yasak peasants and they held trade fairs. After the abolition of the Steppe Duma, the village became known as Nikolskoye. In 1917, Nikolskoye was renamed Dodo-Anninskoe. In 1926, the village was named Khorinsk.