Bratsk

thumb|300px|Church of the Nativity thumb|300px|Church of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land thumb|300px|Bratsk HPS thumb|300px|Bratsk City Hall Bratsk (, ; ) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. It had population of .

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Bratsk is a large city and human settlement located in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It serves as the capital of Bratsky District and was established in 1955. The city is named after the Buryats and has a population of 289,000. Its area is 428 square kilometers, and it sits at an elevation of 450 meters above sea level.

The local dialing code for Bratsk is 3953, and postal codes range from 665700 to 665732. The city operates in the UTC+08:00 time zone. Bratsk is twinned with Omsk, Nanao, Zibo, and Saky.

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Place details

Locality: Братск
Region: Иркутская область
Country: Россия
Population: 256,600
Timezone: Asia/Irkutsk

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PM2.5: 8.2 µg/m³
PM10: 8.4 µg/m³

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Key facts

Russian city.en_name: Bratsk
Russian city.ru_name: Братск
Russian city.image_skyline: bratskfountain.jpg
Russian city.image_caption: Fountain on Sovetskaya Street in Bratsk
Russian city.map_label_position: right
Russian city.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Bratsk (Irkutsk oblast).png
Russian city.image_flag: Flag of Bratsk (Irkutsk oblast).png
Russian city.federal_subject: Irkutsk Oblast
Russian city.adm_city_jur: City of Bratsk
Russian city.adm_ctr_of1: Bratsky District
Russian city.adm_ctr_of2: City of Bratsk
Russian city.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian city.urban_okrug_jur: Bratsk Urban Okrug
Russian city.mun_admctr_of1: Bratsk Urban Okrug
Russian city.mun_admctr_of2: Bratsky Municipal District
Russian city.leader_title: Head
Russian city.leader_name: Alexander Dubrovin
Russian city.representative_body: Duma

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Travel guide

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thumb|250px| Hydropower station in Bratsk

See

thumb|Angara Village Museum Angara village, an open-air museum in some distance from Bratsk featuring Russian houses, the church and utensils of XVII—XX centuries as well as Evenk chums.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Administrative and municipal status
Territorial divisions
Politics
Culture
Theatres
Museums
In popular culture
Climate
Economy and infrastructure
Industry
Pollution
Twin towns and sister cities
Notable people
References
Citations
Sources
External links

==Etymology== The name of the city, which is from the same root as the Russian word for 'brother' ( / brat), derives from the Russian phrase for 'brotherly people' ( / bratskije ljudi) (Buryats by origin).

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