Baykalsk
Sign in to saveBaykalsk () 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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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.