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Country
  
Administratively subordinated to
  
Town of Zima

Area
  
52.85 km²

Federal subject
  
Urban okrug
  
Ziminskoye Urban Okrug

Local time
  
Sunday 6:22 AM

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Administrative center of
  
Ziminsky District, Town of Zima

Administrative center of
  
Ziminskoye Urban Okrug, Ziminsky Municipal District

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 60% Humidity

Zima (Russian: Зима; [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).

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Map of Zima, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Geography

The town is situated on a low-lying plain, heavily water-logged. The Zima River joins the Oka in the town's vicinity.

Climate

The local climate is extremely continental; air temperature varies between −50 °C (−58 °F) in winter to +40 °C (104 °F) in summer.

History

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".

Administrative and municipal status

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.

Economy

Zima's economy relies mainly on timber production and railway-related services.

Transportation

The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, with commuter trains to Irkutsk and Tulun. The M53 Federal highway (Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk) passes through Zima.

References

Zima (town) Wikipedia


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