Nerchinsk
Sign in to saveNerchinsk (; , Nershüü; , Nerchüü; ) is a town and the administrative center of Nerchinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Nercha River, above its confluence with the Shilka River, east of Lake Baikal, about west of the Chinese border, and east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 6,713 (1897).
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Nerchinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Нерчинск
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Воскресенский собор (Нерчинск).jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Nerchinsk (Chita oblast) (1790).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Nerchinsk (Zabaykalsky Krai).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Nerchinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Nerchinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Nerchinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Nerchinskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Nerchinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Nerchinskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 14959
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest
- 14775
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest_date
- January 2014
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 673400, 673402, 673403, 673429, 673840
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- Town name in other languages
- History
- 20th century
- Nerchinsk today
- Administrative and municipal status
- Transportation
- References
- Notes
- Sources
Nerchinsk (; , Nershüü; , Nerchüü; ) is a town and the administrative center of Nerchinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Nercha River, above its confluence with the Shilka River, east of Lake Baikal, about west of the Chinese border, and east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 6,713 (1897).
==Town name in other languages== Two important treaties between the Russian Empire and the Qing Dynasty mention Nerchinsk: the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk and the 1727 Treaty of Kyakhta. Non-Russian comments on these treaties or on the history of the town may mention other names: Latin: Nipchou or Nipcha (however, the Treaty of Kyakhta called the town Nipkoa) Manchu: Nibcu hoton Chinese: 尼布楚; Pinyin: Níbùchǔ