Slyudyanka ( rus, Слюдянка, p=slʲʉˈdʲankə) is a

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and the

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Slyudyansky District Slyudyansky District () is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Slyudyansky Municipal District.Law #72-oz The area of the district is . Its admi ...

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...

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, located at the southern tip of

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia, Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

, south of

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population: The town is a stop and major railroad junction for the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway ...

, and also serves as the starting point for the historic Circum-Baikal Railway.

Etymology

The town takes its name from the Russian word for

mica Micas ( ) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into fragile elastic plates. This characteristic is described as ''perfect basal cleavage''. Mica is co ...

, reflecting the numerous mineral deposits in the area.

History

Slyudyanka

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

and a settlement around it were established in 1905. Town status was granted to it in 1936.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slyudyanka serves as the

,Law #49-OZ to which it is directly subordinated.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'' As a municipal division, the

of Slyudyanka, together with two rural localities in Slyudyansky District, is incorporated within Slyudyansky Municipal District as Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement.Law #72-oz

References

Notes

Sources

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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
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External links

Official website of Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement

Official website of the Slyudyanka weekly newspaper ''Slavnoye More''
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast Populated places on Lake Baikal