Tulun

Tulun (Russian Тулун ) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast (Russia) with 44 611 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the plain north of Sayan, about 390 km northwest of the Oblasthauptstadt Irkutsk, on the river iya, which leads in turn to the Oka and the Bratsk Reservoir.

The city Tulun constitutes an autonomous city district and is also the administrative center of the homonymous district surrounding the city Rajons.

Tulun located on derTranssibirischen Railway ( 4795 line kilometers from Moscow ) and the highway M53 Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Listvyanka. Here branches off from her the highway to Bratsk from ( R419 ).

History

Tulun emerged in the second half of the 18th century ( according to other sources first mention already 1735). The name means in Yakut valley. Towards the end of the 19th century, the village was under the name Tulunowskoje and developed especially after the construction of the Trans -Siberian Railway in 1900 into a major regional trade center. Already in 1922 led to 1924 as a city, Tulun received city rights in 1927 final.

Demographics

Note: Census data ( rounded to 1939 )

Culture and sights

In Tulun single wooden buildings have survived from the 19th century. The city has a museum of local history, founded in 1963.

Economy

Tulun is an important center for coal and timber industries. Near ( Тулунский ) is mined lignite opencast mines Aseiski ( Азейский ) and Tulunski; there is a Hydrolysewerk. In addition, there are construction materials and food industry.

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