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Babushkin (town)

Babushkin (English)
Бабушкин (Russian)
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Babushkin street.jpeg
A street in Babushkin
Babushkin is located in Republic of Buryatia
Babushkin
Babushkin
Location of Babushkin in the Republic of Buryatia
Coordinates: 51°43′N 105°52′E / 51.717°N 105.867°E / 51.717; 105.867Coordinates: 51°43′N 105°52′E / 51.717°N 105.867°E / 51.717; 105.867
Coat of Arms of Babushkin (Buryatia).png
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of January 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia
Administrative district Kabansky District
Town Babushkin
Administrative center of Town of Babushkin
Municipal status (as of May 2013)
Municipal district Kabansky Municipal District
Urban settlement Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 4,831 inhabitants
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)
Founded 1892
Town status since 1902
Previous names Mysovaya (until 1941)
Postal code(s) 30138
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Babushkin (Russian: Ба́бушкин), known as Mysovsk (Мысовск) before 1941, is a town in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the southern shore of Lake Baikal on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: 4,831 (2010 Census);4,953 (2002 Census);7,298 (1989 Census); 9,000 (1967).

It was founded in 1892 as a postal station Mysovaya (Мысовая), its name derived from the Russian word Mys meaning "cape", referring to its location on the shores of Lake Baikal.

A few years later it was chosen as the eastern terminus for the train ferry across Lake Baikal, which was used as part of the Trans-Siberian Railway until the rail line around the southern shore was completed in 1905. It was granted town status under the name Mysovsk in 1902.

It was renamed Babushkin in 1942, in honor of the revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, arrested and executed at Mysovaya station in 1906.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Babushkin—an administrative division of Kabansky District. As a municipal division, the territory of Babushkin, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement. The remaining two rural localities are incorporated as Klyuyevskoye Rural Settlement of Kabansky Municipal District.


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