Gusinoozersk
(The Republic of Buryatia)
OKATO code:
81248501
Founded:
1939
Urban settlement since:
1948
City since:
1953 City of district subordination (Selenginsky district of the Republic of Buryatia)
Center:
Selenginsky district
The city was formerly called:
| Mines | 1939 | 1953 |
| Telephone code (reference phone) | |
| 30145***** | 91-2-22 |
Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
5
Geographic latitude:
51°17′
Geographic longitude:
106°31′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
630 Sunrise and sunset times of the Sun and Moon in the city of Gusinoozersk
City of Gusinoozersk.
Gusinoozersk
- regional center of the Selenginsky district of the Republic of Buryatia.
Located 110 km from Ulan-Ude. There are many shops and eateries in the city and along the Ulan-Ude-Kyakhta highway. There are gas stations at the entrance and exit of the city. The city has a hospital, pharmacies, telephone, post office and car service stations. In Gusinoozersk, a cellular communication station and an Internet access center have long been launched and are successfully operating. At the guests' disposal of the city there is an inexpensive hotel "Raduga" with comfortable rooms, services and a restaurant, two bus stations with regular service of minibuses in all directions of the region and in Ulan-Ude, railway station Zagustay, with train service on the route "Irkutsk-Kyakhta" » through the capital of the republic, Ulan-Ude. There is a local health resort in the city - Gusinoozersky Sanatorium-Preventorium.
Gusinoozersk is the second city in terms of economic importance and population in the Republic of Buryatia. The city is located on the shores of Lake Gusinoye on an area of 1.3 thousand hectares. Population 27 thousand people. Since 2006, the administration of the Municipal Municipality “City of Gusinoozersk” has been operating on the territory of the city. It can be said that the history of the city of Gusinoozersk begins in 1932, when, based on relatively little research material and exploration work at the Gusinoozersk field, researcher V.A. Obruchev establishes that there are two coal seams on the northwestern bank of the Zagustaika River. In 1940, construction of a mining village began in the north of a site called Shakhty. In June 1953, the working village of Shakhty was renamed the city of Gusinoozersk. The development of the coal mining industry contributed to the creation of the main city-forming enterprise, OJSC Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant. Reforms in the modern history of Russia have led to serious changes. Over the past 15 years, large enterprises in the coal industry have been liquidated due to unprofitability of production. Despite this, the city of Gusinoozersk still remains a large industrial hub, where almost 5 of all production assets of the industry of Buryatia are located. Currently, the city's industry is represented by 5 sectors: electric power. coal, woodworking, building materials and food. The last decade of the twentieth century was marked by a revival of spirituality, a return to faith, and the restoration of destroyed churches. In the city there is a branch of the Tamchinsky datsan, the temple of the “Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious”. Gusinoozersk is rich in its cultural traditions. On the stage of the Rodnichok puppet theater, young artists hone their skills. The vocal group “Russian Soul” is famous for its performances. The Yunost Library, the Children's Library and the Embankment Library are public and information centers for city residents. A favorite vacation spot for children and youth is the Park of Culture and Recreation; events, folk events are of interest. brass band and ensemble "Sibiryanochka". Within the walls of the Youth Sports School (Children and Youth Sports School) such sports as freestyle wrestling, archery, athletics, volleyball, basketball, football, weightlifting, skiing and many others are cultivated. At the Romanov School, children learn karate and hand-to-hand combat.
Cafe "Eternal Call", located at the entrance to the city.
Map
| Gusinoozersk: maps |
Gusinoozersk: photo from space (Google Maps) Gusinoozersk: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)
| Gusinoozersk. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. Using the hyperlink in the distance , you can get the route (information courtesy of the AutoTransInfo website) | |||
| 1 | Tarbagatai | 61 (172) | IN |
| 2 | Babushkin | 65 (298) | NW |
| 3 | Jida | 71 () | YU |
| 4 | Ivolginsk | 74 () | NE |
| 5 | Kamensk | 77 () | WITH |
| 6 | Selenginsk | 85 (209) | WITH |
| 7 | Kabansk | 86 () | WITH |
| 8 | Sotnikovo | 93 () | NE |
| 9 | Mukhorshibir | 94 (238) | IN |
| 10 | Ulan-Ude | 95 (120) | NE |
| 11 | Kyakhta | 103 (125) | YU |
| 12 | Bichura | 107 () | SE |
| 13 | Petropavlovka | 112 () | SW |
| 14 | Onokhoy | 126 () | NE |
a brief description of
Located in Transbaikalia, in the Selenginsky middle mountains, in the Gusinoozersk depression, on the northeastern shore of Gusinoye Lake, 6 km from the railway. Zagustay station, 110 km southwest of Ulan-Ude.
Territory (sq. km): 14
Information about the city of Gusinoozersk on the Russian Wikipedia site
Historical sketch
It emerged in 1939 as the village of Shakhty in connection with the development of brown coal deposits.
Since April 28, 1948, the working village of Shakhty. On July 15, 1953, it was transformed into a city and named Gusinoozersk after Lake Gusinoye, on the shore of which it is located. The name of the lake comes from the fact that in the past it was a favorite nesting place for geese. Since January 1, 1963 it has been a city of republican subordination.
Municipal indicators
| Index | 2001 |
| Demography | |
| Number of births, per 1000 population | 13.1 |
| Number of deaths, per 1000 population | 14.6 |
| Natural increase (decrease), per 1000 population | -1.5 |
| Standard of living of the population and social sphere | |
| Average monthly nominal accrued wages, rub. | 3062 |
| Average housing area per inhabitant (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 17.6 |
| Number of preschool institutions, pcs. | 10 |
| Number of children in preschool institutions, thousand people | 1.1 |
| Number of daytime educational institutions (at the beginning of the school year), pcs. | 8 |
| Number of students in daytime educational institutions, thousand people | 4.9 |
| Number of doctors, people. | 60 |
| Number of nursing staff, people. | 240 |
| Number of hospital institutions, pcs. | 1 |
| Number of hospital beds, thousand units | 0.3 |
| Number of medical outpatient clinics, pcs. | 7 |
| Capacity of medical outpatient clinics, visits per shift, thousand units. | 0.6 |
| Number of registered crimes, pcs. | 1355 |
| Economy, industry | |
| Number of enterprises and organizations (at the end of the year), pcs. | 228 |
| Construction | |
| Volume of work performed by type of activity “Construction” (until 2004 - volume of work performed under construction contracts), million rubles. | 45.9 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, thousand sq.m. of total area | 11.1 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, apartments | 85 |
| Commissioning of preschool institutions, places | 0 |
| Commissioning of educational institutions, places | 0 |
| Commissioning of hospital facilities, beds | 0 |
| Commissioning of outpatient clinics, visits per shift | 0 |
| Transport | |
| Number of bus routes (in intracity traffic), pcs. | 3 |
| Number of passengers transported by buses per year (in intracity traffic), million people. | 0.3 |
| Connection | |
| Number of residential telephone sets of the city public telephone network, thousand units. | 3.1 |
| Trade and services to the population | |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 294.5 |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 10119 |
| Public catering turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 12.9 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 68 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 2370 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 0.4 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 12.8 |
| Investments | |
| Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices), million rubles. | 59.8 |
| Share of investments in fixed assets financed from budgetary funds in the total volume of investments, % | 0 |
Data sources:
- Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.
Economy
Coal mining (9/10 of the coal mined in Buryatia comes from the Gusinoozersk mines).
Radio plant, clothing factory, food industry enterprises, production of building materials.
Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant.
Main enterprises
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
OJSC "Gusinoozerskaya GRES"
671280, Republic of Buryatia, Selenginsky district, Gusinoozersk,
Offers:
electricity, heat
COAL MINING
OJSC "Razrez 'Kholboldzhinsky'"
671280, Republic of Buryatia, Selenginsky district, Gusinoozersk,
Offers:
brown coal
Museums, galleries, exhibition halls
Novoselenginsky Museum of Decembrists 671290, Republic of Buryatia, Selenginsky district, village. Novoselenginsk, st. Lenina, 53 Website: https://muzeyrb.ru/
Architecture, sights
In the area, on the southwestern shore of Goose Lake, there is a lamaist monastery (“datsan”; founded in 1741) - an extensive, regularly laid out complex of temples and residential buildings, lamas, around which the village grew.
| Population by year (thousands of inhabitants) | |||||||
| 1959 | 11.6 | 2000 | 29.7 | 2010 | 23.5 | 2017 | 23.3 |
| 1970 | 13.8 | 2001 | 29.1 | 2011 | 24.6 | 2018 | 23.1 |
| 1979 | 22.3 | 2003 | 26.5 | 2012 | 24.1 | 2019 | 23.1 |
| 1989 | 29.8 | 2005 | 25.4 | 2013 | 23.8 | 2020 | 23.0 |
| 1992 | 30.8 | 2006 | 25.0 | 2014 | 23.4 | 2021 | 23.3 |
| 1996 | 32.0 | 2007 | 24.4 | 2015 | 23.3 | ||
| 1998 | 32.2 | 2008 | 24.1 | 2016 | 23.4 | ||
The Republic of Buryatia
There is a little-known provincial town in Transbaikalia, or rather, the urban settlement of Gusinoozersk. This is the center of the Selenginsky district of the republic. Buryatia. Today Gusinoozersk is the second city in Buryatia in terms of economic importance and population (in 2008 the population of Gusinoozersk was 27 thousand people). Second, because the city-forming enterprise of Gusinoozersk is the Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant, one of the largest power plants in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia, supplying electricity to other regions of Russia and abroad.
Gusinoozersk is the administrative center of the Selenginsky district. The city of Gusinoozersk is located in the southern part of the Republic of Buryatia, on the north-eastern shore of Lake Gusinoye, in the southern part of the Gusino-Udinskaya Valley. The city is located 110 km southwest of Ulan-Ude, 6 km from the Ulan-Ude-Naushki railway line. Gusinoozersk arose in 1939 as the village of “Shakhty”, during the establishment of coal industry enterprises at the Gusinoozersk lignite deposit. In 1953, by Decree of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR dated July 15 No. 731/3, the village of “Shakhty” was transformed into a city of regional subordination with the name Gusinoozersk being assigned to it, and by Decree of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR dated January 1, 1963, Gusinoozersk was transformed into a city of republican submission.
Gusinoozersk is located on the shore of Lake Gusinoye on an area of 1.3 thousand hectares. The area of Lake Gusinoe is 163 km3, depth is up to 28 m. This is the largest lake in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia after Baikal, and serves as a source of drinking water for the city and the villages adjacent to the lake. It has wide potential for tourism business.
Over the past 17 years, due to unprofitability of production, all previous coal industry enterprises that provided fuel to the Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant have been liquidated. Despite this, the city of Gusinoozersk managed to continue to remain a large industrial hub, where 20% of all production assets of Buryatia are located. Currently, the city's industry is represented by 5 industries: electric power, coal, building materials, woodworking and food. In 2006, the first mayor was elected in Gusinoozersk and since January 2007. Administration of Municipal Municipality "City of Gusinoozersk" started working
The last decade of the twentieth century was marked by a revival of spirituality, a return to faith, and the restoration of destroyed churches. In the 90s, a branch of the Tamchinsky datsan was formed in Gusinoozersk, famous for the fact that until the 30s of the last century it was the Tamchinsky datsan that was the center of Buddhism in Russia. The temple of “Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious” is being built, the chapel of which opened to parishioners at the end of the last century..
A favorite vacation spot for children and youth is the Park of Culture and Recreation; events, the folk brass band and the Sibiryanochka ensemble are of interest. The building of the Shakhtar Palace of Culture, where the most significant events for the town residents are held, underwent major renovations in 2008 and now it looks absolutely gorgeous.
Gusinoozersk is located 110 km from Ulan-Ude. In recent years, many shops and eateries have been built in the city and along the Ulan-Ude-Kyakhta highway. There are two gas stations at the entrance and exit of the city. The city of Gusinoozersk has a modern hospital, pharmacies, telephone, post office and technical stations. service . In Gusinoozersk, cellular communication stations and Internet access centers have long been launched and are successfully operating. Guests of Gusinoozersk have at their disposal an inexpensive hotel "Raduga" with comfortable rooms, services and a restaurant, two bus stations with regular service of minibuses in all directions of the region and in the city of Ulan-Ude, railway station Zagustay, with trains running along the route "Irkutsk- Kyakhta" through the capital of the republic, Ulan-Ude.
Source: https://www.rostur.ru
