Bratsk
city in eastern Russia
Bratsk (Russian: Братск, IPA: [bratsk]) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is on the Angara River near the Bratsk Reservoir.
Bratsk
Братск | |
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 Fountain on Sovetskaya Street in Bratsk | |
.png) Flag .png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bratsk  | |
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| Coordinates: 56°07′N 101°36′E / 56.117°N 101.600°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1631[1] |
| City status since | 1955[2] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Duma |
| • Head | Sergey Serebrennikov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 263 km2 (102 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 246,319 |
| • Rank | 75th in 2010 |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | City of Bratsk |
| • Capital of | Bratsky District, City of Bratsk |
| • Urban okrug | Bratsk Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Bratsk Urban Okrug, Bratsky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 665700–665732 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3953[6] |
| OKTMO ID | 25714000001 |
| Twin towns | Omsk, Nanao, Zibo, Saky |
| Website | www |
History
changeThe first Europeans went to the area in 1623 to get taxes from the local Buryat people. Permanent settlement started with the building of an ostrog (fortress). This fortress was built in 1631 at the junction of the Oka and Angara rivers.[7]
During World War II, Siberia became more industrialized. This was because the Soviet Union wanted to move its industry to the area east of the Ural Mountains.
Twin towns and sister cities
changeBratsk is twinned with:
Notable people
change- Yevgeni Balyaikin (born 1988), association football player
- Roman Bugayev (born 1989), association football player
- Fedor Chudinov (born 1987), professional boxer
- Alexander Kasjanov (born 1983), bobsledder
- Vladimir Krasnov (born 1990), sprint athlete
- Jessica Long, Paralympic gold medal winner
- Marina Pankova (1963–2015), volleyball player, Olympic and world champion
- Semen Pavlichenko (born 1991), luger
- Valentina Popova (born 1972), weightlifter, world and European champion
- Alexandra Rodionova (born 1984), bobsledder and luger
- Alexandr Zubkov (born 1972), bobsledder
References
change- ↑ "General Information" (in Russian). Irkutsk Oblast. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 55. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
- ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ "International Dialing Codes - how to call from Gibraltar – Gibraltar to Russia – Irkutsk – Bratsk". www.timeanddate.com.
- ↑ "Старый Братск 1620 - 1700 г. - Администрация города Братска". www.bratsk-city.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
Other websites
change- Official website of Bratsk Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Bratsk Business Directory (in Russian)
- Mojgorod.ru. Entry on Bratsk (in Russian)