Babushkin (town)
| Babushkin (English) Бабушкин (Russian) |
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| 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 |
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| 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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