Severomuysk (russian: Северому́йск; bua, Хойто-Муяын, ''Khoyto-Muyayn'') 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

Muysky District Muysky District (russian: Му́йский райо́н; bua, Муяын аймаг, ''Muyayn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It ...

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 about southwest of the urban-type settlement of

Taksimo Taksimo (russian: Таксимо́; Buryat and mn, Таксимо, ''Taksimo'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Muya River on t ...

, the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,198.

Geography

Severomuysk lies directly adjacent to the eastern portal of the Severomuysky rail tunnel, in the valley of the Muyakan River, a left-hand

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Muya River The Muya (russian: Муя) is a left tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The area through which the river flows is sparsely populated, the only settlement on the river being Taksimo, with the sm ...

. The valley is bounded to the north by the

Severomuysky Range The Northern Muya Range (russian: Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т, translit=Severo-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. Google Earth The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway traver ...

, which is part of the greater

Stanovoy Range The Stanovoy Range (russian: Станово́й хребе́т, ''Stanovoy khrebet''; sah, Сир кура; ), is a mountain range located in the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District. It is also known as Sükebayatur a ...

History

It was founded in the mid-1970s, as part of the construction of the long

Severomuysky Tunnel Severomuysky Tunnel (russian: Северому́йский тонне́ль) is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), in northwestern Buryatia, Russia. It is named after the Northern Muya Range it cuts through. The tunnel is long, ...

on 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). It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1977. As the construction of the tunnel turned out to be more difficult than anticipated, construction was prolonged over twenty years and Severomuysk remained the logistical center for tunnel construction works for far longer than originally intended. With the economic downturn of the 1990s and the completion of the tunnel in 2003, the settlement lost over two thirds of its population.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

(inhabited locality) of Severomuysk is incorporated within

as Severomuysk

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, Severomuysk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Muysky Municipal District as Severomuyskoye Urban Settlement.Law #985-III

Economy and infrastructure

The only real source of employment in the settlement is the maintenance of the Severomuysky Tunnel and its associated bypass route.

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