Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Chitinsky District |
| Administrative center of | Zabaykalsky Krai, Chitinsky District |
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| Urban okrug | Chita Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Chita Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Anatoly Mikhalyov |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 324,444 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 56th |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Founded | 1653 |
| City status since | July 11, 1851 |
| Postal code(s) | 672000–672051 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3022 |
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Chita (Russian: Чита; IPA: [tɕɪˈta]) is a city and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda Rivers and on the Trans-Siberian Railway, 900 kilometers (560 mi) east of Irkutsk. Population: 324,444 (2010 Census);316,643 (2002 Census);365,754 (1989 Census).
For several centuries before the Russians arrived, local Mongolic and Turkic tribes inhabited the Chita region, along with various Chinese traders.
Pyotr Beketov's Cossacks founded Chita in 1653.
After 1825, several of the Decembrists suffered exile to Chita; thus, Chita is on occasion called the "City of Exiles". Many of the Decembrists were intellectuals and members of the middle class, and consequently their arrival had a positive effect.
According to George Kennan, "Among the exiles in Chita were some of the brightest, most cultivated, most sympathetic men and women that we had met in Eastern Siberia."
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