Nizhny Tsasuchey

Nizhny Tsasuchey (Russian: Нижний Цасучей) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Ononsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 3,363 (2010 Russian census);[1] 3,427 (2002 Census);[4] 3,452 (1989 Soviet census).[5]

Nizhny Tsasuchey
Нижний Цасучей
Location of Nizhny Tsasuchey
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Nizhny Tsasuchey is located in Russia
Nizhny Tsasuchey
Nizhny Tsasuchey
Location of Nizhny Tsasuchey
Nizhny Tsasuchey is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Nizhny Tsasuchey
Nizhny Tsasuchey
Nizhny Tsasuchey (Zabaykalsky Krai)
Coordinates: 50°30′N 115°07′E / 50.500°N 115.117°E / 50.500; 115.117
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative districtOnonsky District[1]
Founded1727Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 • Total3,363
 • Capital ofOnonsky District[1]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
674480Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID76634445101

Geography

The village is about 245 km southeast of the regional capital Chita. It is on the right bank of the Onon River. The Ononsky Museum of Local History is located here.[6]

History

Nizhny Tsasuchey was founded as a border outpost in 1727. By 1923, there was a three-year parochial school, a veterinary post, a nunnery, a bakery, and a horse farm. In 1927, the Komsomol cell was founded. Until the 1990s, the airport operated.[6]

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