Borzya // “Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia” (2009)

For the river in Russia, see Borzya (river).

City in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Borzya

(Russian: Borzya, IPA: [borzʲə]; Buryat: Boorzho,
Boorjo
; Mongolian: Boorzh,
Boorj
) is a city and the administrative center of Borzinsky Okrug in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located 349 km (217 mi) southeast of Chita , administrative center of the region. Population: 31,379 (2010 census); [2] 31,460 (2002 census); [9] 36,373 (1989 census). [10]

Geography[edit]

The city is located on the Borzya River—a right tributary of the Onon—O 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the border with Mongolia in the south and 70 kilometers (43 mi) from the border with China in the southeast.

Climate[edit]

Borzya has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification DWB

listen)) bordering on subarctic climates (Köppen climate classification
DWC
) and semi-arid climates (Köppen climate classification
BSk
), with severely cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is quite low, but from June to September there is slightly more precipitation than at other times of the year.

Borzya // “Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia” (2009)

BORZYA , a city in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the administrative center of the district of the same name, is located in the foothills of the Nerchinsky Range, 386 km southeast of Chita.

Babiye Lake is located 14 km southwest of Borzya, and Borzya Salt Lake is 24 km away. Since the 1770s - a guard settlement of the Tunguska Cossacks, from 1891 - a village, in 1924-26 - a district center, from 1950 - a city, from 1972 - a city of regional subordination, the administrative center of the Borzinsky district. Railroad station. The Ulan-Ude-Chita-Zabaikalsk highway goes to the border with China, in the direction Borzya-Solovyovsk - to the border with Mongolia. Population (thousand people): 1907 - 1.2; 1924 - 2.9; 1959 - 23.7; 1970 - 27.8; 1989 - 36.3; 1998 -31.9; 2002 - 31.5; 2007 - 30.6.

In the early 1770s. a settlement was founded near the Buryat camp near the town of Bukha as a guard picket of the Tungus Cossacks. In 1891, a settlement of 4 wooden houses and 46 Buryat yurts was formed, where 226 people lived. After the completion of the construction of the Trans-Baikal Railway, railway workshops and a turnaround depot operated at the station. Since the 1900s Borzya became a merchant center. Since 1911, it hosted annual fairs for the sale of leather, wool, and meat, there were about 30 trading shops, and a slaughterhouse. The government postal and telegraph office was also located in Borza. Since the 1970s In the city there is an elevator with a feed mill, an animal farm, food enterprises (a bakery with a confectionery shop, a meat processing plant, a creamery, a brewery) industry, 5 construction and 10 industrial organizations, 8 railway and 1 automobile repair enterprise and others. The modern economy of the city is represented by the following enterprises: Borzinsky elevator, Durbachi, peasant farm enterprise Otsolui; "Borzyavtotrans", Borzinsky forestry enterprise.

At the beginning of the 20th century. There was a church in Borza, and there were 2 schools (private and railway). In the 1950s - 7 schools, 3 kindergartens, clubs, 2 hospitals. In modern Borzya there are 9 secondary schools, colleges, 14 kindergartens, a sports and music school, a children's art school, 2 clubs, a local history museum, 2 houses of culture, 12 libraries, 12 gyms, a stadium, a cinema, 2 hospitals and a hospital, a boarding house for the elderly and disabled, an auxiliary boarding school, an information center and more. The newspaper “Daurskaya Nov” is published.

The first coat of arms was approved in 1988: in a silver shield there is a brown overturned fork-shaped cross, burdened with a circular composition of a silver stripe with the image of an ear of corn, a silver ram and the blades of a rotary excavator. The white stripe indicates salt exported from the Borzin steppe. The cross symbolizes the city's location at the crossroads of international routes from the USSR to Mongolia and China.

The modern coat of arms was approved in 2000: in a field divided into azure, green and black colors, a standing silver crane is depicted with raised wings, golden paws and an upraised golden open beak. The fork-shaped division of the field indicates the transport communications of the region connecting Russia with China and Mongolia. The crane and green color reflect the nature of the area and the Daursky Nature Reserve. The azure color symbolizes the Borzya River and lakes. Black color - mining.

Lit.: All Russia. Cities and towns: Encyclopedia. M., 2001; Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia: Chita region. Novosibirsk, 2003. T. 2.

History[edit]

Although there has been human settlement on the site of the current city since the 18th century, the modern city began with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1899. The settlement around the Borzya railway station was officially opened in 1900 under the name Suvorovsky

in honor of Alexander Suvorov. [13] This name, however, was not widely used by local residents, who continued to use the same name as the railway station and river. Eventually, the name Borzya became official when the village received city status in 1950.[13]

Borzya (Trans-Baikal Territory)

a brief description of

Located in Transbaikalia, in the foothills of the Nerchinsky Range, on the river. Borzya (Amur basin), 349 km southeast of Chita. Railway junction lines and highways.

Near Borzi is the Daursky Nature Reserve.

Territory (sq. km): 187

Historical sketch

It emerged in 1899 as a village for railway builders and Borzya station. Name by river Borzya, the left tributary of the Argun.

In 1900, the village was given the name Suvorovsky in memory of the Russian commander Generalissimo A.V. Suvorov (1729-1800), but it did not take root, and the village retained the name of the station.

Since 1939, the working village of Borzya. Since 1950 the city.

Some numbers

Data sources:

Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. – M:, 2003.

Economy

Railway enterprises transport, meat processing plant, butter factory.

Center of the livestock district.

Main enterprises

COAL MINING

OJSC “Razrez 'Kharanorsky'”

674612, Trans-Baikal Territory, Borzinsky district, Sherlovaya Gora town,
Offers:
brown coal

MEAT INDUSTRY

OJSC “Borzinsky Meat Processing Plant”

674610, Transbaikal region, Borzinsky district, Borzya, st.
Promyshlennaya, 6 Offers:
Meat, sausages, semi-finished products

Economics [edit]

In addition to the railroad workshops, employers in the city include food manufacturing plants, particularly meat production from the livestock industry in the surrounding area.

The Kharanor open-pit brown coal mine is located in the northwest of the city, providing fuel for electricity generation.

Transport[edit]

The city is on the original section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which crossed Manchuria on its way to Vladivostok and was known as the Chinese Eastern Railway. This route was later bypassed by the current Trans-Siberian Railway, which is entirely within Russian territory, but the original line passing through Borzya is still used for passenger and freight traffic to and from China.

Private advertisements in Borza, in the Trans-Baikal Territory and in Russia

To add an advert

Chita

Mini plant for heating blocks and building materials marbled Euro-1000 AVSP

Borzya

Sales representative MTS Satellite TV

Chita

Novice specialist

Chita

Where is it now possible to profitably buy cigarettes wholesale
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Notes[edit]

1. ^ abcde Register of administrative-territorial units and settlements of the Trans-Baikal Territory
2. ^ a b Federal State Statistics Service (2011). “All-Russian Population Census 2010. Volume 1" [All-Russian Population Census 2010, vol. 1]. All-Russian Population Census 2010 [All-Russian Population Census 2010]
   . Federal State Statistics Service.
3. "26. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
4. ^ abc Law No. 317-ZZK
5. Law No. 316-ZZK
6. Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency for Technological Regulation and Metrology. No. OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 “All-Russian classifier of municipal territories. Code 76 609 101.” (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency for Technological Regulation and Metrology. No. OK 033-2013 dated January 1, 2014. Russian Classification of Municipal Territories. Code 76 609 101.
   ).
7. "On the Calculation of Time". Official Internet portal of legal information
   . June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
8. Post office. Information and computing center of OASU RPO. ( Post office
   ).
   Search for postal service objects ( postal Search for objects
   ) (in Russian)
9. ↑
   Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (May 21, 2004).
   “The population of Russia, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as part of federal districts, urban settlements, settlements, settlements is 3 thousand or more people” [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal constituent entities, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - administrative centers and rural settlements with a population of more than 3,000 people] (XLS). All-Russian Population Census of 2002 [All-Russian Population Census of 2002]
   .
10. “All-Union Population Census of 1989. The actual population of the union and autonomous republics, autonomous regions and districts, territories, effects, urban settlements and villages of Borzya, Russia.” Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
11. ^ ab People's Encyclopedia “My City”. Borzya (Trans-Baikal Territory)
12. The headquarters of the 36th Army of the Siberian Military District was moved from Borzya to Ulan-Ude [The headquarters of the 36th Army of the Siberian Military District was transferred from Borzya to Ulan-Ude]. Sibinfo
    . February 24, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2016.

Borzya

(Transbaikal region)

OKATO code:
76209501
Founded:
1899
Urban settlement since:
1939
City since:
1950 City of district subordination (Borzinsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory)
Center:
Borzinsky district
Telephone code (reference phone)

Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
6
Geographical latitude:
50°23′
Geographical longitude:
116°32′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
690 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Borzya