Sretensk

thumb|274x274px|Sretensk, 1885 Sretensk () is a town and the administrative center of Sretensky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River (Amur basin), east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population:

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Russian town.en_name: Sretensk
Russian town.ru_name: Сретенск
Russian town.image_skyline: Дом Эдельштейна, улица Кочеткова, 8, Сретенск, Сретенский район, Забайкальский край.jpg
Russian town.map_label_position: top
Russian town.image_flag: Flag of Sretensk (Zabaykalsky Krai).png
Russian town.federal_subject: Zabaykalsky Krai
Russian town.adm_district_jur: Sretensky District
Russian town.adm_ctr_of: Sretensky District
Russian town.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian town.mun_district_jur: Sretensky Municipal District
Russian town.urban_settlement_jur: Sretenskoye Urban Settlement
Russian town.mun_admctr_of1: Sretensky Municipal District
Russian town.mun_admctr_of2: Sretenskoye Urban Settlement
Russian town.pop_2010census: 6850
Russian town.established_date: 1689
Russian town.current_cat_date: 1926
Russian town.postal_codes: 673500, 673504

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6581
Area: 36
Elevation: 490
Image: Travelogues; (1917) (14596370080).jpg
Dialing code: 30246

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Commons category: Sretensk
inception: 1689-01-01
postal code: 673500
native label: Сретенск

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==History== It was founded in 1689. It was used during the Russo-Japanese War as a place where troops are stationed along with Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, It was then granted town status in 1926. Between October 1914 and 1921, it accommodated the Sretensk prisoner of war camp.