Dalnerechensk

Dalnerechensk (Russian: Дальнере́ченск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: 27,604 (2010 Census);[3] 30,092 (2002 Census);[9] 33,596 (1989 Census).[10]

Dalnerechensk Дальнереченск
Town[1]
Administration building in Dalnerechensk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Dalnerechensk
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Coordinates: 45°56′N 133°44′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai[1]
Founded	1859
Town status since	1917[2]
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	27,604
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Dalnerechensk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of	Dalnerechensk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1], Dalnerechensky District[4]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Dalnerechensky Urban Okrug[5]
• Capital of	Dalnerechensky Urban Okrug[5], Dalnerechensky Municipal District[6]
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 [7])
Postal code(s)[8]	692102, 692105, 692107, 692108, 692127, 692129–692133, 692135, 692136, 692138, 692139
Dialing code(s)	+7 42356
OKTMO ID	05708000001
Website	dalnerokrug.ru

It was previously known as Iman (until 1972).[11]

Names

It was originally known as Iman (Russian: Има́н; Chinese: 伊曼; pinyin: Yīmàn), but its Russian name was changed to Dalnerechensk (literally, a place at a remote river) in 1972[11] during a general campaign of cleansing the Chinese-derived toponyms in the Russian Far East. In Chinese, the name "Yiman" continues to be used.

Geography

The town is located on the left bank of the Bolshaya Ussurka River, near its mouth in the Ussuri River which here forms the border between Russia and China. The Chinese border is about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from the town center. The town is also situated on the Malinovka River, which joins with the Bolshaya Ussurska within the town limits.

One can see the spurs of the Sikhote-Alin ranges from any point of the town in clear weather. Salskaya Hill, an extinct volcano on the banks of the Bolshaya Ussurka, is also situated close to the town. Closeness of the taiga and the mineral springs, Lastochka and Shmakovka, numerous lakes and rivers, an abundance of sunny days, and a quiet measured life of the town make Dalnerechensk a local tourist attraction.

History

It was founded by the Cossacks in 1859 as the stanitsa of Grafskaya (Гра́фская). A railway station was built later in conjunction with the construction of the railway between Khabarovsk and Vladivostok; now the eastern section of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The railway station and settlement were later named after the Iman River. The settlement quickly became a timber center due to the large pine, fir, and spruce trees in the area, and was granted town status in 1917.[2]

The town was heavily damaged during the Russian Civil War. In May 1920, Sergey Lazo, Alexey Lutsky, and Vsevolod Sibirtsev—three Bolsheviks taken prisoner by Japanese intervention troops after the Nikolayevsk Incident—were murdered by the White Army Cossacks at the Muravyovo-Amurskaya railway station near the town. This event was greatly expanded by the Soviet propaganda of later years; allegedly the three were burned alive in the firebox of a steam locomotive. The village and station at Muravyovo were renamed Lazo, as were a number of other places and streets in the krai.

The majority of the monuments in the town are devoted to the events of the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922 and World War II.

There is a memorial in the town where frontier-guards who died in 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border conflict on Damansky Island are buried. Sino-Soviet tensions following this event led to a campaign of changing Chinese-derived place names in the region, with the town being renamed Dalnerechensk in 1972.[11]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dalnerechensk serves as the administrative center of Dalnerechensky District,[4] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as Dalnerechensk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Dalnerechensk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Dalnerechensky Urban Okrug.[5]

Economy

The economy of the town is mainly represented by woodworking enterprises, such as JSC Les Export, JSC Primorsky DOK, JSC Dalnerechensky Lesokombinat, and others.

Transportation

The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, it is also connected by road to Vladivostok.

Climate

Dalnerechensk has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with quite dry and very cold winters and very warm and wet summers. Mean annual temperature in the town is +1.5 °C (34.7 °F). Temperature in July is +20.7 °C (69.3 °F) and in January it is −17.7 °C (0.1 °F).

Climate data for Dalnerechensk
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	2.7 (36.9)	5.9 (42.6)	17.6 (63.7)	27.8 (82.0)	32.9 (91.2)	32.9 (91.2)	34.6 (94.3)	36.8 (98.2)	29.7 (85.5)	26.5 (79.7)	18.9 (66.0)	8.8 (47.8)	36.8 (98.2)
Average high °C (°F)	−14.4 (6.1)	−9.6 (14.7)	−0.4 (31.3)	11.4 (52.5)	19.1 (66.4)	23.6 (74.5)	26.7 (80.1)	25.8 (78.4)	20.2 (68.4)	12.1 (53.8)	−0.4 (31.3)	−11.3 (11.7)	8.6 (47.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−19.8 (−3.6)	−15.6 (3.9)	−6.1 (21.0)	5.0 (41.0)	12.4 (54.3)	17.6 (63.7)	21.2 (70.2)	20.4 (68.7)	13.8 (56.8)	5.5 (41.9)	−6.2 (20.8)	−16.6 (2.1)	2.6 (36.7)
Average low °C (°F)	−24.8 (−12.6)	−21.3 (−6.3)	−11.6 (11.1)	−0.3 (31.5)	6.7 (44.1)	12.4 (54.3)	16.7 (62.1)	16.0 (60.8)	8.6 (47.5)	0.1 (32.2)	−11.1 (12.0)	−21.4 (−6.5)	−2.5 (27.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−42.0 (−43.6)	−36.8 (−34.2)	−31.8 (−25.2)	−15.1 (4.8)	−3.7 (25.3)	2.1 (35.8)	5.3 (41.5)	4.4 (39.9)	−5.0 (23.0)	−16.2 (2.8)	−30.9 (−23.6)	−38.2 (−36.8)	−42.0 (−43.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	12.1 (0.48)	11.2 (0.44)	21.4 (0.84)	40.8 (1.61)	64.8 (2.55)	79.8 (3.14)	109.8 (4.32)	119.2 (4.69)	77.1 (3.04)	50.9 (2.00)	25.6 (1.01)	16.9 (0.67)	629.6 (24.79)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	10.7	8.4	10.3	11.3	11.0	10.5	12.8	11.9	8.8	11.0	10.2	13.1	130
Average relative humidity (%)	74.2	69.8	64.6	61.7	63.9	73.5	80.8	81.5	75.5	66.2	69.2	73.9	71.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	173.0	193.0	225.0	202.0	232.0	226.0	219.0	203.0	214.0	198.0	166.0	150.0	2,401
Source 1: climatebase.ru (1948-2011)[12]
Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[13]

References

Notes

1. Law #161-KZ
2. Приморский крайисполком. "Приморский край. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1968 г." Дальневосточное книжное издательство. Владивосток, 1968. Стр. 22.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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.
4. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 05 207», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 05 207, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
5. Law #189-KZ
6. Law #190-KZ
7. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
8. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
9. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (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" [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).
10. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [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.
11. Министерство обороны СССР. Гидрографическая служба Краснознамённого Тихоокеанского флота. Извещения мореплавателям. Часть I. №134, 3 июля 1973 г. Выпуск №49.
12. "Dalnerechensk, Russia". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
13. "Climate Normals for Dal'Nerecensk". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

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