Zima (town)

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Zima (English)
Зима (Russian)
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Location of Irkutsk Oblast in Russia
Zima
Location of Zima in Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°55′N 102°03′E / 53.917°N 102.050°E / 53.917; 102.050Coordinates: 53°55′N 102°03′E / 53.917°N 102.050°E / 53.917; 102.050
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Irkutsk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Zima[2]
Administrative center of Ziminsky District,[2] Town of Zima[2]
Municipal status (as of March 2011)
Urban okrug Ziminskoye Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Ziminskoye Urban Okrug,[3] Ziminsky Municipal District[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 32,508 inhabitants[5]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[6]
Founded 1743
Town status since 1925
Postal code(s)[7] 665382–665393
Dialing code(s) +7 39514
Official website

Zima (Russian: Зима; IPA: [zʲɪˈma]) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the intersection of the Trans-Siberian Railway with the Oka River. Population: 32,508(2010 Census);[5] 34,899(2002 Census);[8] 41,814(1989 Census).[9]

Geography

The town is situated on a low-lying plain, heavily water-logged. The Zima River joins the Oka in the town's vicinity.

Climate

The local climate is extremely continental; air temperature varies between −50 °C (−58 °F) in winter to +40 °C (104 °F) in summer.

History

Zima railway station

The village of Staraya Zima (Ста́рая Зима́) on the present site of the town was established in 1743. In 1772, its population began to grow more quickly due to the construction of a horse-tract from Moscow which crossed the Oka River. Until the 1900s, Zima remained a roadside, mainly agricultural village.

In 1898, the Trans-Siberian railway was built through the village and a railroad station was open. Town status was granted to Zima in 1925.

Zima's population remained at around 40,000 from the 1960s until 1990; however, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the associated economic crisis, the population decreased by around 15% during the 1990s.

The town is the birthplace of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian poet, the author of the biographical poem "Zima Station".

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zima serves as the administrative center of Ziminsky District,[2] even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Zima[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Zima is incorporated as Ziminskoye Urban Okrug.[3]

Economy

Zima's economy relies mainly on timber production and railway-related services.

Transportation

The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, with commuter trains to Irkutsk and Tulun. The M53 Federal highway (KrasnoyarskIrkutsk) passes through Zima.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Charter of Irkutsk Oblast
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #49-OZ
  3. 1 2 3 Law #85-oz
  4. Law #102-oz
  5. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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