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Khorinsk

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Khorinsk (, , Khori) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Khorinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. In recent census', its population has been:

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Place details

Locality
Хоринск
Region
Республика Бурятия
Country
Россия
Population
7,986
Timezone
Asia/Irkutsk

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Key facts

Russian rural locality.en_name
Khorinsk
Russian rural locality.ru_name
Хоринск
Russian rural locality.map_label_position
right
Russian rural locality.federal_subject
Republic of Buryatia
Russian rural locality.adm_district_jur
Khorinsky District
Russian rural locality.adm_selsoviet_type
Selsoviet
Russian rural locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
Khorinsky
Russian rural locality.adm_ctr_of1
Khorinsky District
Russian rural locality.adm_ctr_of2
Khorinsky Selsoviet
Russian rural locality.inhabloc_cat
Rural locality
Russian rural locality.inhabloc_type
Selo
Russian rural locality.mun_district_jur
Khorinsky Municipal District
Russian rural locality.rural_settlement_jur
Khorinskoye Rural Settlement
Russian rural locality.mun_admctr_of1
Khorinsky Municipal District
Russian rural locality.mun_admctr_of2
Khorinskoye Rural Settlement
Russian rural locality.pop_2010census
8138

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Khorinsk (, , Khori) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Khorinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. In recent census', its population has been:

== History == Khorinsk was formed by the merger of two villages: Duma and Bazar. Duma was the center of Khorin steppe Duma. In the village bazaar lived Yasak peasants and they held trade fairs. After the abolition of the Steppe Duma, the village became known as Nikolskoye. In 1917, Nikolskoye was renamed Dodo-Anninskoe. In 1926, the village was named Khorinsk.

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