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Chernyshevsk () is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the Chernyshevsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai. The village is located on both sides of the river Aleur at its confluence with the river Kuenga, 389 kilometers (by rail) north-east of Chita.

Key facts

Russian town.en_name
Chernyshevsk
Russian town.ru_name
Чернышевск
Russian town.image_skyline
Чернышевск забайкальский, вокзал.jpg
Russian town.image_caption
Chernyshevsk railway station, May 2008
Russian town.map_label_position
top
Russian town.federal_subject
Zabaykalsky Krai
Russian town.adm_district_jur
Chernyshevsky District
Russian town.adm_ctr_of
Chernyshevsky District
Russian town.inhabloc_cat
Town
Russian town.pop_2010census
12533
Russian town.pop_latest
13,246
Russian town.pop_latest_date
2013
Russian town.established_date
17th century
Russian town.current_cat_date
1938
Russian town.postal_codes
673462
Russian town.dialing_codes
30265

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Wikidata facts

Population
12762
Time zone
Irkutsk Time
Image
Chernyshevsk rail yard.JPG
Dialing code
30265
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postal code
673462
Commons category
Chernyshevsk
inception
1601-00-00
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Chernyshevsk () is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the Chernyshevsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai. The village is located on both sides of the river Aleur at its confluence with the river Kuenga, 389 kilometers (by rail) north-east of Chita.

==History== Originally Aleurskaya zaimka then Popovskaya settlement, which arose no earlier than 1670. In 1851, the peasants who lived in the settlement were attributed to the Cossack estate.

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

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