Shelekhov
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Shelekhovsky District |
| Administrative center of | Shelekhovsky District |
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| Municipal district | Shelekhovsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Shelekhovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Shelekhovsky Municipal District, Shelekhovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Head | Valery Desyatov |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 47,943 inhabitants |
| Time zone | IRKT (UTC+08:00) |
| Founded | May 1953 |
| Town status since | 1962 |
| Postal code(s) | 666031–666037 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 39550 |
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Shelekhov (Russian: Шелехов; IPA: [ˈʂelʲɪxəf]) is a town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. It is located on the plains between the rivers Irkut and Olha. The official day of the city is celebrated on 12 July.
In 1956, it was named Shelekhov honoring a Russian explorer Grigory Shelikhov. The name of the city is spelled differently from the surname of the explorer as Grigory himself used two different signatures with both spelling variants of his surname. In 1962, Shelekhov was granted town status.
The city was founded in May 1953 when the first construction workers of the Irkutsk Aluminum Smelter had installed the first six housing tents. In memory of these first construction workers, a monument of concrete in the form of tents referred to as "The First Tent" was erected near the administrative building of the plant. However, this year mostly symbolizes first mention of an actual inhabited area as the settlement was then called by the abbreviation of the aluminum plant- IrkAZ, and not Shelekhov.
According to GIPROGOR, a Russian urban planning and investment company, it was initially planned to create a city with a population of 100,000 people. The first inhabitants were the people of the villages Olkha, Markovo, Vvedenschina and the settlement of Bolshoj Lug.
On March 30, 1954 the commission adopted a temporary construction scheme of dwelling houses. In autumn a film projector was launched that held regular movie showings. In October the first ten members of the Komsomol had arrived for the construction of the Irkutsk Aluminum Smelter. By the end of the year 2148m² of living space was commissioned.
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