VOOZH about

URL: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratsk

⇱ Bratsk - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to content
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bratsk
Братск
👁 Fountain on Sovetskaya Street in Bratsk
Fountain on Sovetskaya Street in Bratsk
Location of Bratsk
Location of Bratsk
Show map of Russia
Bratsk (Irkutsk Oblast)
Show map of Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 56°07′N 101°36′E / 56.117°N 101.600°E / 56.117; 101.600
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
Founded1631[1]
City status since1955[2]
Government
•BodyDuma
•HeadAlexander Dubrovin
Area
•Total263km2 (102sqmi)
Elevation450m (1,480ft)
Population
•Total246,319
•Estimate
(2025)[4]
219,365 (−10.9%)
•Rank75th in 2010
•Density940/km2 (2,400/sqmi)
•Subordinated toCity of Bratsk
•Capital ofBratsky District, City of Bratsk
•Urban okrugBratsk Urban Okrug
•Capital ofBratsk Urban Okrug, Bratsky Municipal District
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5👁 Edit this on Wikidata
[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
665700–665732
Dialing code(s)+73953[7]
OKTMO ID25714000001
Twin townsOmsk, Nanao, Zibo, Saky👁 Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.bratsk-city.ru

Bratsk (Russian:Братск,IPA:[bratsk]) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is on the Angara River near the Bratsk Reservoir.

The first Europeans went to the area in 1623 to get taxes from the local Buryat people. Permanent settlement started with the building of an ostrog (fortress). This fortress was built in 1631 at the junction of the Oka and Angara rivers.[8]

During World War II, Siberia became more industrialized. This was because the Soviet Union wanted to move its industry to the area east of the Ural Mountains.

Twin towns and sister cities

[change | change source]

Bratsk is twinned with:

Notable people

[change | change source]

References

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ "General Information" (in Russian). Irkutsk Oblast. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p.55. ISBN5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol.1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, 25 April 2025, WikidataQ133797648
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ "International Dialing Codes - how to call from Gibraltar – Gibraltar to Russia – Irkutsk – Bratsk". www.timeanddate.com.
  8. ↑ "Старый Братск 1620 - 1700 г. - Администрация города Братска". www.bratsk-city.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

Other websites

[change | change source]
Categories:
Hidden categories: