Taksimo (russian: Таксимо́; Buryat and mn, Таксимо, ''Taksimo'') 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 ...

) and 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 ...

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 on 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 ...

on the Muysk Plateau in the far northeast of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,438.

Etymology

Taksimo's name comes from the

Evenki language Evenki (Ewenkī), formerly known as Tungus or Solon, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given ...

and means ''cup'' or ''bowl'', possibly because of its location in a valley in Muysky Mountains.

History

Buryats The Buryats ( bua, Буряад, Buryaad; mn, Буриад, Buriad) are a Mongolic peoples, Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the oth ...

, who had emigrated from the

Chara River , image = 2000 Charoite 613.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = View of the river and piece of charoite , pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Location ...

area, began settling the region in the 1860s, although a number of

Evenks The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym )Autonym: (); russian: Эвенки (); (); formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; mn, Хамниган () or Aiwenji () are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Even ...

already lived there. Modern Taksimo began as the settlement of exile Ivan Barancheyev, who escaped from the settlement of

Kirensk Kirensk ( rus, Киренск, p=ˈkʲirʲɪnsk) is a town and the administrative center of Kirensky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kirenga and Lena Rivers, north of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the ...

in the Lena mining area during rioting in 1905. He gradually wandered along the

Vitim River The Vitim (russian: Витим; evn, Витым, ; sah, Виитим, ; Buryat and mn, Витим, ''Vitim'') is a major tributary of the Lena. Its source is east of Lake Baikal, at the confluence of rivers Vitimkan from the west and China f ...

and eventually settled in the area of present-day Taksimo in 1910. Barancheyev's outpost became a trading point for stagecoaches, although it was not until 1920 that other families moved to the area and founded the actual settlement. By 1934, the population of the Muysk Plateau exceeded 1,500. 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), the population grew and Taksimo was granted

status in 1989. With the opening of the Severbaykalsk-Taksimo section,

was created in 1989 with Taksimo as its

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Taksimo serves as the

.Resolution #431 As an administrative division, the

(inhabited locality) of Taksimo is incorporated within Muysky District as Taksimo

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 ...

(an administrative division of the district).Law #2433-III As a municipal division, Taksimo Urban-Type Settlement and Bambuysky Selsoviet are incorporated within Muysky Municipal District as Taksimo Urban Settlement.According to Law #985-III, Taksimo Urban Settlement includes the urban-type settlement of Taksimo and two rural localities listed as a part of Bambuysky Selsoviet in Resolution #431

Economy

Logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...

and

gold mining Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface ...

are conducted in the area around the settlement. The economic importance of the settlement itself is mainly due to the BAM railway. The settlement is the terminus of the electrified western section. It is also served by the

Taksimo Airport Taksimo Airport is an airport in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised t ...

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Urban-type settlements in Buryatia Populated places established in 1910