Fevralsk train station, Amur region, Russia

Fevralsk (russian: Февра́льск) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in

Selemdzhinsky District Selemdzhinsky District (russian: Селемджи́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #25-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Amur Oblast, twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of th ...

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...

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, located between the

Selemdzha River The Selemdzha () is a river in the Amur Oblast, Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya (river), Zeya. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km². Course The Selemdzha has its sou ...

and its

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the

Byssa Byssa (russian: Бысса) is a rural locality (a selo) in Norsky Selsoviet of Selemdzhinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 39 as of 2018. Geography Byssa is located on the left bank of the Selemdzha The Selemdzha () is a ...

, about northeast of

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opp ...

, the

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, and southwest of

Ekimchan Ekimchan (russian: Экимчан) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Selemdzhinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Selemdzha River. Population: Transportation A local roa ...

, the administrative center of the district. Population:

History

The village of ''Fevralskoye'' (russian: Февра́льское) was founded in February 1896 by settlers from

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; the name was derived from the Russian word "" (''fevral''), meaning "February". In 1974, the village became one of the most important support bases for construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). The station and the settlement were built by workers from

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

; as part of the construction of the BAM, various sections and towns along the route were placed under the patronage of

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

brigades from different parts of the

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. Also some military divisions like DIVISION 21006 was situated at this town, when they were here, there almost was no houses in the soviet times. Biggest building was at 1978-1984. In 1982, the village was given its current name and was granted urban-type settlement status. Regular rail traffic on the BAM section from

Tynda Tynda (russian: Ты́нда) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in r ...

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur Rive ...

began in 1989. Many inhabitants left the settlement after completion of the rail line. However, in contrast to most other settlements along the BAM, the population has once again begun to increase, with a population of 4,904 according to the 2006 estimates.

Economy

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is conducted in the area around Fevralsk, mainly for export to nearby

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Transportation

Fevralsk is an important station on the BAM, located from

Tayshet Tayshet ( rus, Тайшет, p=tɐjˈʂɛt, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast ...

, and is the biggest settlement on the over 1,000 km-long section between

and

Novy Urgal Novy Urgal (russian: Но́вый Урга́л) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located in the valley of the Bureya River, close to its confluence with the Urgal River, about ...

. The rail line crosses the Selemdzha and the Byssa Rivers close to the settlement, over two bridges which are, respectively, and long. A long branch line is being built north to the Ogodzha coal fields.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Amur Oblast Populated places established in 1896