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Baykalsk

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Baykalsk () is a town in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located from Slyudyanka, the administrative center of the district. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Baykalsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Байкальск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
Street in Baikalsk.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
In Baykalsk
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
top
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
Flag_of_Baykalskoe_(Irkutsk_oblast).svg
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Irkutsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Slyudyansky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Slyudyansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
Baykalskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
Baykalskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
13583
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1961
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
1966
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
665930, 665932
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
39542

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Wikidata facts

Population
13199
Area
819.25
Elevation
460
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Image
Прибрежный район.jpg
Dialing code
39542
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Commons category
Baykalsk
postal code
665932
inception
1961-01-01
native label
Байкальск
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  • Administrative and municipal status
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Baykalsk () is a town in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located from Slyudyanka, the administrative center of the district. Population:

==History== Baykalsk was founded in 1961 concomitant with the building of a paper mill there, called Baykalsk Paper and Pulp Mills. In 1966 the mill became operational, and the settlement received "city" status. At its peak, the mill employed about 3,500 people.

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

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