Bratsk
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | City of Bratsk |
| Administrative center of | Bratsky District, City of Bratsk |
| Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
| Urban okrug | Bratsk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Bratsk Urban Okrug, Bratsky Municipal District |
| Head | Sergey Serebrennikov |
| Representative body | Duma |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 246,319 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 75th |
| Time zone | IRKT (UTC+08:00) |
| Founded | 1955 |
| City status since | 1955 |
| Postal code(s) | 665700–665732 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3953 |
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Bratsk (Russian: Братск; IPA: [bratsk]) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. Population: 246,319 (2010 Census);259,335 (2002 Census);255,705 (1989 Census).
Although the name sounds like the Russian word for "brother" ("брат", brat), it actually comes from 'bratskiye lyudi', an old name for the Buryats.
The first Europeans in the area arrived in 1623, intending to collect taxes from the local Buryat population. Permanent settlement began with the construction of an ostrog (fortress) in 1631 at the junction of the Oka and Angara rivers. Several wooden towers from the 17th-century fort are now exhibited in Kolomenskoye Estate of Moscow.
During World War II, there was an increase in industrial activity in Siberia, as Soviet industry was moved to the lands east of the Ural Mountains. After the war's end, development slowed as resources were required in the rebuilding of European Russia.
In 1947, the Gulag Angara prison labor camp was constructed near Bratsk, with capacity for up to 44,000 prisoners for projects such as the construction of the railway from Tayshet to Ust-Kut via Bratsk (now the western section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline).
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