Mogocha
Mogocha (Russian Могоча ) is a small town in the region of Transbaikalia (Russia) with 13,258 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).
- 2.1 Population development
Geography
The city lies at the foot of in the eastern Transbaikalia extending Amasargebirges, about 600 kilometers east-northeast of the regional capital of Chita. Here flows the river Mogocha in the amasar, a left tributary of the Amur.
The city is Mogocha since 1926 administrative center of the homonymous Rajons Mogocha. The city is the settlements Medweschi Kliuch, Rasdolnoje and subordinated administratively to the railway station Penkowaja.
Climate
The area around Mogocha is with average January temperatures of below -30 ° C and an absolute minimum below -60 ° C, the coldest in winter along the Trans -Siberian Railway.
History
The village was founded in 1908 in connection with the construction of Amureisenbahn towards Khabarovsk, as here, a large station was built. However, the official year of the town shall in 1910, the railway company was incorporated in 1914. The name was given after the river, the name of which in turn goes back to the ewenkische mongotschi word that means ( the clan ) Mongo belonging.
Mogocha quickly developed into a trading center and starting point for the supply of mining in eastern Transbaikalia and northern areas of the region in general. In the 1920s, one began with the gold mining in the area, particularly from establishment of the 'Trust' Werchamursoloto (ie upper Amur Gold) 1934. Mogocha 1930 was granted the status of an urban-type settlement.
1949 was a motorable road in the winter of Mogocha by Chara in the north of the former Oblast Chita opens (now with the Baikal- Amur Mainline accessible ). In 1950 the city charter was granted.
From 1947 to 1953, the management of the Klyuchevsky - punishment camp ( " Kljutschewlag " ) was located in Mogocha in the Gulag system. Up to 3,000 prisoners were mainly used in the molybdenum and gold mines in the 40 to 50 kilometers southwest settlements Dawenda or Klyuchevsky.
Demographics
Note: from 1959 census data
Culture and sights
In the city there is a furnished at the railroad depot Historical and Folk Museum.
Economy and infrastructure
In Mogocha is an important station of the Trans-Siberian Railway ( 6906 line kilometers from Moscow; electrified since 1994). Since 1960 it is the administrative center of a department of the Trans- Baikal Railway ( Regional Administration of the Russian Railways), which includes 764 kilometers of the Trans-Siberian main line between Shilka and the already located in the Amur Oblast Uruscha. Besides railway workshops, there are companies in the forestry, wood processing and the food industry.
In Raion ( " Priisk Mogotschinski ", " Tungir " " amasar " ) are gold deposits of several mining operations ( " Rudnik Kljutschi " ) and Artels degraded, their administrations and their supply bases located in Mogocha.
About eight kilometers south of the city which is under construction highway M58 Amur to Khabarovsk, part of the Trans-Siberian rail link runs.
A previously operated from 1937 small airport was closed in the 1990s.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Natella Archipowna Krasnikowa ( born 1953 ), former field hockey player