Balagansk
Sign in to saveBalagansk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Balagansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the left bank of the Angara River, downstream from Svirsk and by road northwest of Irkutsk and to the southeast of Sayansk. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Balagansk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Балаганск
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- left
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Balagansk (Irkutsk oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Balagansky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Balagansky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Urban-type settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Work settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Balagansky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Balaganskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Balagansky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Balaganskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 4109
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1654
- Russian inhabited locality.established_title
- Established at the old location
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1962
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://balagansk.adminbalagansk.ru/
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Balagansk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Balagansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the left bank of the Angara River, downstream from Svirsk and by road northwest of Irkutsk and to the southeast of Sayansk. Population:
On three sides of Balagansk is the Bratsk Reservoir. The settlement is best known for Balagansk Prison, which was used as one of the Siberian exile camps during the Stalin era.
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