Novy Uoyan (russian: Но́вый Уоя́н; bua, Шэнэ Уоян, ''Shene Uoian'') 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

Severo-Baykalsky District Severo-Baykalsky District (russian: Се́веро-Байка́льский райо́н; bua, Хойто-Байгалай аймаг, ''Khoito-Baigalai aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one ...

of the

Republic of Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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, located in the basin of the

Upper Angara River The Upper Angara (, ''Verkhnyaya Angara''; , ''Deede Angar'') is a river in Buryatia, Siberia to the northeast of Lake Baikal. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The Baikal–Amur Mainline ...

, from

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

, the

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of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,963.

History

It was founded in the mid-1970s in conjunction with the construction of the

Baikal–Amur Mainline The Baikal–Amur Mainline (russian: Байкало-Амурская магистраль, , , ) is a broad-gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the -long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 4 ...

(BAM), near the settlement of Uoyan on the left bank of the Upper Angara. The railway station and the settlement were constructed by workers from the then

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, as sections of the track were given 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 various parts of the

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. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1976. Regular traffic on the railway section between

Severobaykalsk Severobaikalsk (russian: Северобайка́льск; bua, Хойто-Байгал, ''Khoito-Baigal'', mn, Хойдбайгал, ''Khoidbaigal'') is a town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the northern end of Lake Baikal at t ...

and

Novaya Chara Novaya Chara (russian: Новая Чара) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kalarsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located in the basin of the Chara River, in the eastern parts of Stanovoy Range, approximately in a st ...

in northern

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 ...

began in 1989. Completion of the BAM did not, however, bring the expected economic development, and with the economic crisis in the late 1980s, the population almost halved between 1989 and 2002.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

(inhabited locality) of Novy Uoyan is incorporated within

as Novy Uoyan

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 ...

Resolution #431 (an administrative division of the district).Law #2433-III As a municipal division, Novy Uoyan Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District as Novy Uoyan Urban Settlement.Law #985-III

Economy

Novy Uoyan is an important station on the

, which presents the only real economic activity. The BAM crosses the Upper Angara close to the settlement via a bridge. There are proposals to build a connection between the BAM and 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 ...

through Buryatia, with a northern terminus at Novy Uoyan, beginning either at Novoilyinsky, or from Mogzon in

. This section would be mainly intended to service mining developments, such as the

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and

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Ozyorninskoye mine, which could be reached from the south by 2012.''Gudok'' (newspaper of the

Russian Railways Russian Railways (russian: link=no, ОАО «Российские железные дороги» (ОАО «РЖД»), OAO Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (OAO RZhD)) is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both manag ...

). Sergey Mikhalyov
Рудный путь
(''Ore Route''). October 16, 2008

References

Sources

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