Dauriya () is a
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
in
Zabaykalsky District
Zabaykalsky District (russian: Забайка́льский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabayk ...
of
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...
in Russia, the administrative center of the
Daursky Rural Settlement.
History
Dauriya was originally founded in 1900 as a rail siding on the
Trans-Baikal Railway
The Trans-Baikal Railway (Забайкальская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Chita and serving Zabaykalsky Krai and Amur Oblast. The mainline was built between 1895 and 1905 as part ...
, to which a settlement was attached in 1909. It was the location of the
1st Argun Regiment and 1st Transbaikal Cossack Battery of the
1st Separate Transbaikal Cossack Brigade of the
Transbaikal Cossack Host until the
Russian Civil War
, date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
.
Transport
Dauriya is the location of a station on the Trans-Baikal Railway, and is southwest of
Zabaykalsk
Zabaykalsk (russian: Забайка́льск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Sino-Russian border just opposite the Chinese border ...
, the nearest inhabited location.
Demographics
According to the
Russian Census of 2010, Dauriya had 3,850 inhabitants.
According to the
Russian Census of 2002, it had 4,242 inhabitants.
References
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Rural localities in Zabaykalsky Krai