Selikhino
Village in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
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Selikhino (Russian: Селихино) is a rural locality (a selo) in Komsomolsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: 4,255 (2010 census);[1] 4,865 (2002 census).[2]
Selikhino
Селихино | |
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Village | |
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  Selikhino Location within Khabarovsk Krai  Selikhino Location within Russia | |
| Coordinates: 50°22′08″N 137°30′16″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Khabarovsk Krai |
| District | Komsomolsky District |
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 |
Geography
Selikhino is located by lake Khummi,[3] on the Baikal-Amur Mainline railway, shortly after the railway leaves Komsomolsk-on-Amur towards Sovetskaya Gavan.
History
Selikhino was the junction station for a railway built in the early 1950s by the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, intended to link to a tunnel to the island of Sakhalin. Construction of the tunnel was abandoned after Stalin's death; however, the railway had already been built as far as Chyorny Mys; this section was kept open for logging industry traffic until the 1990s.