Zima (town)
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.svg) Location of Irkutsk Oblast in Russia |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | Town of Zima |
| Administrative center of | Ziminsky District, Town of Zima |
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| Urban okrug | Ziminskoye Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Ziminskoye Urban Okrug, Ziminsky Municipal District |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 32,508 inhabitants |
| Time zone | IRKT (UTC+08:00) |
| Founded | 1743 |
| Town status since | 1925 |
| Postal code(s) | 665382–665393 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 39514 |
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Zima (Russian: Зима; IPA: [zʲɪˈma]) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the intersection of the Trans-Siberian Railway with the Oka River. Population: 32,508 (2010 Census);34,899 (2002 Census);41,814 (1989 Census).
The town is situated on a low-lying plain, heavily water-logged. The Zima River joins the Oka in the town's vicinity.
The local climate is extremely continental; air temperature varies between −50 °C (−58 °F) in winter to +40 °C (104 °F) in summer.
The village of Staraya Zima (Ста́рая Зима́) on the present site of the town was established in 1743. In 1772, its population began to grow more quickly due to the construction of a horse-tract from Moscow which crossed the Oka River. Until the 1900s, Zima remained a roadside, mainly agricultural village.
In 1898, the Trans-Siberian railway was built through the village and a railroad station was open. Town status was granted to Zima in 1925.
Zima's population remained at around 40,000 from the 1960s until 1990; however, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the associated economic crisis, the population decreased by around 15% during the 1990s.
The town is the birthplace of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian poet, the author of the biographical poem "Zima Station".
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zima serves as the administrative center of Ziminsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Zima—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Zima is incorporated as Ziminskoye Urban Okrug.
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