| En Name: | Zima |
| Ru Name: | Зима |
| Coordinates: | 53.9167°N 105°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Image Coa: | Zima_g.gif |
| Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Adm City Jur: | Town of Zima |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Ziminsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Zima |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Ziminskoye Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Ziminskoye Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Ziminsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2 Ref: | [1] |
| Pop 2010Census: | 32508 |
| Established Date: | 1743 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1925 |
| Postal Codes: | 665382–665393 |
| Dialing Codes: | 39514 |
| Website: | http://zimadm.ru |
Zima (Russian: Зима|p=zʲɪˈma; Buriat: Зэмэ, Zeme) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the point where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Oka River. Population:
The town is situated on a low-lying plain, heavily water-logged. The Zima River joins the Oka in the town's vicinity.
The local climate is extremely continental; air temperature varies between in winter to in summer.
The village of Staraya Zima (Russian: Ста́рая Зима́) on the present site of the town was established in 1743. In 1772, its population began to grow more quickly due to the construction of a horse-tract from Moscow which crossed the Oka River. Until the 1900s, Zima remained a roadside, mainly agricultural village.
In 1898, the Trans-Siberian railway was built through the village and a railroad station was opened. Town status was granted to Zima in 1925.[2]
Zima's population remained at around 40,000 from the 1960s until 1990; however, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the associated economic crisis, the population decreased by around 15% during the 1990s.
The town is the birthplace of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian poet, the author of the biographical poem "Zima Station".
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zima serves as the administrative center of Ziminsky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Zima[4] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Zima is incorporated as Ziminskoye Urban Okrug.[5]
Zima's economy relies mainly on timber production and railway-related services.
The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, with commuter trains to Irkutsk and Tulun. The M53 Federal highway (Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk) passes through Zima.