Otpor Incident
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Zabaykalsky District |
| Administrative center of | Zabaykalsky District |
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| Municipal district | Zabaykalsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Zabaykalskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Zabaykalskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 11,769 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Otpor station | 1904 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1954 |
| Postal code(s) | 674650 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 674650 |
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Zabaykalsk (Russian: Забайка́льск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Sino-Russian border just opposite the Chinese border town of Manzhouli. Population: 11,769 (2010 Census);10,210 (2002 Census);8,632 (1989 Census).
The formerly disputed Abagaitu Islet in the Argun River is located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) to the east.
It was founded in 1904 as a station (Razyezd 86, i.e. "Passing loop No. 86") on the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Since 1924, a border guard detachment has been stationed there. In the aftermath of the Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) the station was renamed Otpor ("Repulse").
Until the mid-1930s, Razyezd 86 / Otpor had little significance as a station, as all border formalities were done at Matsiyevskaya station (deeper into Russia) and at Manzhouli Railway Station, on the Chinese side of the border. The station was expanded in the mid-1930s, as the railway on the Chinese side had been sold by the USSR to Manchukuo and converted from the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) gauge of the Russian Railways to the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) China Railways; Otpor thus became the last Russian-gauge station. The station became quite important in 1945, as one of the bases of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, which also saw the rail line on the Chinese side temporary re-converted to Russian gauge. The station's importance continued as the main rail connection between the USSR and the Communist China. On China's request, in 1958 the Soviets changed the name "Otpor" to the neutral Zabaykalsk (i.e., "a city in Transbaikalia", or "a city beyond Lake Baikal").
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