Babushkin (town)

Babuschkin (Russian Бабушкин ) is a small town in the Republic of Buryatia (Russia) with 4831 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 120 km west of the Republic capital of Ulan -Ude on the southeast shore of Lake Baikal.

The city Babuschkin belongs administratively to Rajon Kabansk.

Babuschkin is located on the Trans-Siberian Railway ( station Missowaja, 5477 route km from Moscow) and on the highway M55 Irkutsk - Chita.

History

The village was founded in 1892 as a coaching inn Missowaja and starting point of the trade route from the eastern shore of Lake Baikal on Kjachta to China.

A few years later the site was chosen in connection with the construction of 1900 opened the Trans-Baikal section of the Trans-Siberian Railway as the eastern terminus of the train ferry across the lake, which existed until the completion of the Baikal Railway around the southern end of Lake Baikal in 1905. In 1902, the place under the name Myssowsk ( Мысовск ) city charter (based on the station name, from Russian мыс / mys for the Cape, in relation to the location on the lake ).

In 1941 it was renamed the Babuschkin (after the Russian revolutionary Babuschkin Ivan, who was shot here during the Russian Revolution 1905-07 ).

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

The main attraction is Lake Baikal, located along the south-eastern shore, also Babuschkin, various tourist facilities. In addition, the city is the starting point for tours to the eastern part of the Khamar Daban.

In the city since 1926, there is a small Ivan Babuschkin Museum.

Economy

Babuschkin is now trading center for wood on the Trans-Siberian Railway.