Glinka (russian: Глинка), also known as Kharchetoy () is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
(''
selo'') in the west of
Khiloksky District
Khiloksky District (russian: Хилокский 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 Zabaykalsky Krai, R ...
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 ...
, located on the right bank of the
Khilok River
The Khilok (russian: Хилок; mn, Хилго/Khilgo,Secret History of the Mongols paragraph 109O.Bavuu, "Historic lands mentioned in the Secret History of the Mongols, 2005 bua, Хёлго/Khyoolgo) is a river in Eastern Siberia, a right trib ...
. Population: 421 (2002); 175 (1926). The majority of the population is employed in the railway industry and in agriculture.
The settlement was founded in the winter of 1895-1896 as a place for rail workers to live. In the decades to follow the railway station of Kharchetoy, a brick works, a
windmill
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, a bakery, and two
kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...
es were built here.
References
*The Encyclopedia of Trans-Baikal.
Entry on Glinka.
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Rural localities in Zabaykalsky Krai