Nerchinsky Zavod

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CountryRussia
Founded1689[1]
Postal code(s)[6]
674370, 674684
Nerchinsky Zavod
Нерчинский Завод
Location of Nerchinsky Zavod
Nerchinsky Zavod is located in Russia
Nerchinsky Zavod
Nerchinsky Zavod
Location of Nerchinsky Zavod
Nerchinsky Zavod is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Nerchinsky Zavod
Nerchinsky Zavod
Nerchinsky Zavod (Zabaykalsky Krai)
Coordinates: 51°18′N 119°37′E / 51.300°N 119.617°E / 51.300; 119.617
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative districtNerchinsko-Zavodsky District[1]
Founded1689[1]
Population
  Total
2,842
  Estimate 
(January 2014)[1]
2,680
  Capital ofNerchinsko-Zavodsky District[1]
  Municipal districtNerchinsko-Zavodsky Municipal District[3]
  Rural settlementNerchinsko-Zavodskoye Rural Settlement[3]
  Capital ofNerchinsko-Zavodsky Municipal District,[4] Nerchinsko-Zavodskoye Rural Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
674370, 674684
OKTMO ID76630445101
Nerchinsky Zavod population
2010 Census2,842[2]
2002 Census3,149[7]
1989 Census3,845[8]
1979 Census3,243[9]

Nerchinsky Zavod (Russian: Не́рчинский Заво́д) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located near the Sino-Russian border. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,842.[2]

It was founded in 1689[1] by Greek mining engineers in the employ of the Russian Government.[10] Lead and silver ore was mined by prisoners in the Nerchinsk katorga starting in 1722.[10]

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