Raychikhinsk (Gorod Raychikhinsk)
Raychikhinsk (Райчи́хинск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located in the Zeya–Bureya basin, about 40 km from the Amur River and the border with China, and about 165 km east of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
The town is located near a brown coal deposit which had been known of since the late 1800s. Mining began in 1913, with the foundation of the first permanent settlement in 1932, named Raychikha (Райчиха) after a local stream.
From 1938 until 1942, Raychikha was host to a prison camp of the gulag system, where up to 11,000 prisoners were kept for forced labor in the mining of coal.
In 1944, it was granted town status and given its present name.
The town is located near a brown coal deposit which had been known of since the late 1800s. Mining began in 1913, with the foundation of the first permanent settlement in 1932, named Raychikha (Райчиха) after a local stream.
From 1938 until 1942, Raychikha was host to a prison camp of the gulag system, where up to 11,000 prisoners were kept for forced labor in the mining of coal.
In 1944, it was granted town status and given its present name.
Map - Raychikhinsk (Gorod Raychikhinsk)
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Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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RUB | Russian ruble | ₽ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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CE | Chechen language |
CV | Chuvash language |
KV | Komi language |
RU | Russian language |
TT | Tatar language |