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Balagansk
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Balagansk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Balagansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the left bank of the Angara River, downstream from Svirsk and by road northwest of Irkutsk and to the southeast of Sayansk. Population:

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Vinony's link graph records 148 inbound references to Balagansk, and connects out to Joseph Stalin, urban-type settlement and administrative centre.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under 1654 establishments in Russia, Irkutsk Governorate and Populated places established in 1654.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Balagansk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Балаганск
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
left
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
Coat of Arms of Balagansk (Irkutsk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Irkutsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Balagansky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
Balagansky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
Work settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Balagansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
Balaganskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
Balagansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
Balaganskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
4109
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1654
Russian inhabited locality.established_title
Established at the old location
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
1962
Russian inhabited locality.website
http://balagansk.adminbalagansk.ru/

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Wikidata facts

Population
3811
Elevation
433
Dialing code
39548
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inception
1961-01-01
Commons category
Balagansk
postal code
666391
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Balagansk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Balagansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the left bank of the Angara River, downstream from Svirsk and by road northwest of Irkutsk and to the southeast of Sayansk. Population:

On three sides of Balagansk is the Bratsk Reservoir. The settlement is best known for Balagansk Prison, which was used as one of the Siberian exile camps during the Stalin era.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balagansk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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