Mogzon (russian: Могзон) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) in the eastern part 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 ...
,
Russia
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, located at the
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
of the
Khila and
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 ...
s. Population:
History
Mogzonsky (Khilinsky)
Arshan springs have been known to exist in this are since the end of the 19th century. A
Buryat ulus
Ulus may refer to:
Places
*Ulus, Bartın, a district in Bartin Province, Turkey
*Ulus, Ankara, an important quarter in central Ankara, Turkey
**Ulus (Ankara Metro), an underground station of the Ankara Metro
Other uses
* ''Ulus'' (newspaper), a d ...
of Mokzon () was located in the vicinity. In 1895, a railway station at Arshan () was established. It was later moved to the area of modern Mogzon and given its present name. In 1938, it was granted urban-type settlement status.
Economy
Mogzon's population growth and industrial development was and is tied to railway infrastructure. Mogzon is a railway station of the
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...
.
Culture
There is the museum of Mogzon's history founded in 1988.
See also
*
Zagarino
References
Notes
Sources
*Энциклопедия Забайкалья
Entry on "Mogzon"
External links
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Urban-type settlements in Zabaykalsky Krai