Zlatoutovsk Explained

Official Name:Zlatoutovsk
Native Name:Златоустовск
Settlement Type:Settlement
Pushpin Map:Russia Amur Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Amur Oblast
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Selemdzhinsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+9:00
Coordinates:52.9667°N 168°W[1]

Zlatoutovsk (Russian: Златоустовск) is a settlement (from 1942-2010 an urban-type settlement) in the Selemdzhinsky District of the Amur Oblast of Russia. It is the administrative center of the Zlatoust rural settlement.

Zlatoustovsk is located on the right bank of the Kharga River (a left tributary of the Selemdzha), 80 kilometres east of the district center of Ekimchan. The nearest railway station is 250 kilometres away in Fevralsk.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1891. It was founded by Pavel Vasilyevich Mordin as the Zhedrinsky mine.[2]

It had the status of an urban-type settlement from 1942 until 2010. In 2010 it was recatergorised as a rural settlement.[3]

Population

As of the 2021 Russian census, there were 639 people living in Zlatoutovsk - 318 men and 321 women.[4]

Economy

There are two gold mining companies (Khargu CJSC, Albynsky Mine LLC) as well as a power plant.

Culture

There is a House of Culture in the town.

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/amurskaya-oblast/selemdzhinskiy-rayon/poselok-zlatoustovsk/ Карта поселка Златоустовск в Амурской области
  2. http://www.ampravda.ru/2009/06/26/022072.html Золотая лихорадка на Амуре
  3. http://zakon.scli.ru/ru/legal_texts/legislation_RF/extended/index.php?do4=document&id4=371b370f-9fe7-42fe-b923-3212581725bd Закон Амурской области «О преобразовании рабочего поселка (поселка городского типа) Златоустовск в сельский населенный пункт»
  4. http://amurstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/amurstat/resources/d600c10043769f3eb9effbdd898fc419/07_1_4.htm Оценка численности постоянного населения Амурской области по городам и районам