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Town in Amur Oblast, Russia

Town in Amur Oblast, Russia

Raychikhinsk Райчихинск Town[1] Motor Rally in Raychikhinsk Flag Coat of arms Interactive map of Raychikhinsk Raychikhinsk Location of Raychikhinsk Show map of Russia Raychikhinsk Raychikhinsk (Amur Oblast) Show map of Amur Oblast Coordinates: 49°47′N 129°25′E / 49.783°N 129.417°E / 49.783; 129.417 Country Russia Federal subject Amur Oblast[1] Founded 1932 Town status since 1944 Government • Head Viktor Radchenko Elevation 200 m (660 ft) Population (2010 Census)[2] • Total 20,534 • Estimate (2023) 15,860 (−22.8%) Administrative status • Subordinated to Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[1] • Capital of Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[1] Municipal status • Urban okrug Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[3] • Capital of Raychikhinsk Urban Okrug[3] Time zone UTC+9 (MSK+6 [4]) Postal codes[5] 676770–676772, 676776, 676779 Dialing code +7 41647 OKTMO ID 10720000001 Website www.raychihinsk.ru

**Raychikhinsk** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Райчи́хинск) is a [town](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) in [Amur Oblast](/source/Amur_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), located in the [Zeya](/source/Zeya_River)–[Bureya](/source/Bureya_River) [basin](/source/Drainage_basin), about 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the [Amur River](/source/Amur_River) and the [border with China](/source/China%E2%80%93Russia_border), and about 165 kilometers (103 mi) east of [Blagoveshchensk](/source/Blagoveshchensk), the [administrative center](/source/Administrative_center) of the [oblast](/source/Oblast). Population: 20,534 ([2010 census](/source/2010_Russian_census));[2] 24,498 ([2002 census](/source/2002_Russian_census));[6] 27,873 ([1989 Soviet census](/source/1989_Soviet_census)).[7]

## History

The town is located near a [brown coal](/source/Lignite) deposit which had been known of since the late 1800s. Mining began in 1913, with the foundation of the first permanent settlement in 1932, named **Raychikha** (Райчиха) after a local stream.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

From 1938 until 1942, Raychikha was host to a prison camp of the [gulag](/source/Gulag) system, where up to 11,000 prisoners were kept for forced labor in the mining of coal.[8]

In 1944, it was granted town status and given its present name.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions), it is, together with three [rural localities](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia), incorporated as **Raychikhinsk [Urban Okrug](/source/City_of_federal_subject_significance)**—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [districts](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Amur_Oblast).[1] As a [municipal division](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions), this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[3]

## Economy

[Brown coal](/source/Lignite) mining remains the main economic focus of the town; two [open-pit mines](/source/Open-pit_mining) surround the town almost completely. The city's largest enterprise is JSC Amursky Coal (Severo-Vostochny and Yerkovetsky open-pit mines, Kontaktovy plot).

## Transportation

The town is terminus for a 39-kilometer (24 mi) branch line, which connects to the [Trans-Siberian Railway](/source/Trans-Siberian_Railway) at [Bureya](/source/Bureya%2C_Russia).

## References

### Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ref7_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ref7_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Ref7_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Ref7_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Ref7_1-4) Law #127-OZ

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2010Census_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2010Census_2-1) Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). [Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1](http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm) [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ref600_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ref600_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Ref600_3-2) Law #446-OZ

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vremeni_4-0)** ["Об исчислении времени"](http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085). *Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации* (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PostalCode_5-0)** Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (*Russian Post*). [Поиск объектов почтовой связи](http://vinfo.russianpost.ru/servlet/department) (*Postal Objects Search*) (in Russian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PopCensus_6-0)** [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)) (May 21, 2004). [Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек](http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls) [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Census1989_7-0)** [Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров](http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php) [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via *Demoscope Weekly*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Raitschicha-Itl"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070920132842/http://www.gulag.memorial.de/lager.php5?lag=290). Archived from [the original](http://www.gulag.memorial.de/lager.php5?lag=290) on September 20, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2009.

### Sources

- Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 *On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast*, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 *On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast"*. Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).

- Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №446-ОЗ от 11 марта 2005 г. «О наделении муниципального образования города Райчихинск статусом городского округа и об установлении его границ», в ред. Закона №202-ОЗ от 9 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в некоторые законодательные акты области по вопросам административно-территориального устройства области». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 4. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №54, 16 марта 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #446-OZ of March 11, 2005 *On Granting the Municipal Formation of the Town of Raychikhinsk the Urban Okrug Status and on Establishing Its Borders*, as amended by the Law #202-OZ of July 9, 2013 *On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Oblast on the Issues of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Oblast*. Effective as of the date set forth in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.).

v t e Administrative divisions of Amur Oblast Administrative center: Blagoveshchensk • Rural localities Districts Arkharinsky Belogorsky Blagoveshchensky Bureysky Ivanovsky Konstantinovsky Magdagachinsky Mazanovsky Mikhaylovsky Oktyabrsky Romnensky Selemdzhinsky Seryshevsky Shimanovsky Skovorodinsky Svobodnensky Tambovsky Tyndinsky Zavitinsky Zeysky Cities and towns Belogorsk Blagoveshchensk Progress Raychikhinsk Shimanovsk Skovorodino Svobodny Tsiolkovsky Tynda Zavitinsk Zeya Urban-type settlements Arkhara Bureya Ekimchan Fevralsk Magdagachi Novobureysky Novoraychikhinsk Progress Seryshevo Sivaki Talakan Tokur Urusha Ushumun Yerofey Pavlovich

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