Skovorodino, Amur Oblast

Skovorodino (Russian Сковородино ) is a small town with 9564 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the Russian Amur Oblast in Siberia.

Location

Skovorodino lies on the route of the Trans-Siberian railway at km 7306, as well as the river Bolshoi Newer ( Большой Невер ), the Great Newer, a tributary of the Amur. The latter, which forms the border with China in this field runs, about 60 km south of the city.

The distance to the regional capital Blagoveshchensk is 669 km to the southeast; Tynda, the nearest town, is located about 140 kilometers north of Skovorodino.

History

The town was founded in 1908 as Smeiny ( Змеиный ), but changed in the following years, often the name; 1909 Newer ( Невер ) and from 1911 Ruchlowo ( Рухлово ). 1927 the village was awarded its town charter, in 1938 the name was changed to today's place names.

On 1 January 2011, the Eastern Siberia was - Pacific Ocean pipeline, which runs from Taischet north of Lake Baikal by Skovorodino, solemnly inaugurated. A portion of the crude oil is transported by rail to a petroleum terminal in Nakhodka on the Pacific coast, while the rest is managed by the above pipeline to Daqing Chinese. The annual capacity is initially to 15 million tons of oil a year, an expansion to 30 million tons is possible.

The pipeline will replace the transportation of crude oil by rail to China, which was expensive and was limited to 9 million tons a year. The pipeline is thus a further major step in Russia's efforts to reduce dependence on Europe in the commodities sector. China granted Russia a loan of 25 billion U.S. dollars at favorable terms in return for the construction of the pipeline. As of 2015, natural gas is to be delivered through the pipeline to China.

Demographics

Note: Census data