Babushkin (russian: Ба́бушкин), known as Mysovsk () before 1941, is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Kabansky District Kabansky District (russian: Каба́нский райо́н; bua, Хабаансхын аймаг, ''Khabaanskhyn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of ...

of the Republic of Buryatia,

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, located on the southern shore of Lake Baikal on the

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. Population: 9,000 (1967).

History

It was founded in 1892 as a postal station Mysovaya (), its name derived from the Russian word ''Mys'' meaning "cape", referring to its location on the shores of Lake Baikal. A few years later it was chosen as the eastern terminus for the train ferry across Lake Baikal, which was used as part of the

until the rail line around the southern shore was completed in 1905. It was granted town status under the name ''Mysovsk'' in 1902. It was renamed Babushkin in 1942, in honor of the revolutionary

Ivan Babushkin Ivan Vasilyevich Babushkin () (pseudonym Nikolay Nikolaevich) (January 3, 1873 – January 18, 1906) was a Russian professional Bolshevik revolutionary. Early Years Babushkin was born in the ''selo'' of Ledengskoye, Totemsky Uyezd of Vologd ...

, arrested and executed at Mysovaya station in 1906.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated as the

Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Babushkin—an administrative division of

.Resolution #43 As a municipal division, the territory of Babushkin, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement.Law #985-III The remaining two rural localities are incorporated as Klyuyevskoye Rural Settlement of Kabansky Municipal District.

Economy

Babushkin is a depot for wood transport on the

, as well as a tourist center for tours on southern Lake Baikal.

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External links

Official website of Babushkin

Directory of organizations in Babushkin
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