Gusinoozyorsk
Gusinoozersk (; , Galuuta Nuur; , Galuutnuur) is a town and the administrative center of Selenginsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Population: 13,800 (1970). It was previously known as Shakhty (until 1953).
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Gusinoozersk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Гусиноозёрск
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Галуута Нуур
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Buryat
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- 2014-03-31 13-12-31Гусиноозёрск.JPG
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- View of Gusinoozersk
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Buryatia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Selenginsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Gusinoozersk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Selenginsky District
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Gusinoozersk (; , Galuuta Nuur; , Galuutnuur) is a town and the administrative center of Selenginsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Population: 13,800 (1970). It was previously known as Shakhty (until 1953).
==Geography== The town is located in the area of the Selenga Highlands, on the northeastern shore of Lake Gusinoye, southwest of Ulan-Ude.