Zlatoutovsk

Settlement in Amur Oblast, Russia

Zlatoutovsk Златоустовск
Settlement
52°58′N 133°35′E / 52.967°N 133.583°E / 52.967; 133.583^[1]
Country	Russia
Region	Amur Oblast
District	Selemdzhinsky District
Time zone	UTC+9:00

Zlatoutovsk (Russian: Златоустовск) is a settlement (from 1942-2010 an urban-type settlement) in the Selemdzhinsky District of the Amur Oblast of Russia. It is the administrative center of the Zlatoust rural settlement.

Zlatoustovsk is located on the right bank of the Kharga River (a left tributary of the Selemdzha), 80 kilometres east of the district center of Ekimchan. The nearest railway station is 250 kilometres away in Fevralsk.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1891. It was founded by Pavel Vasilyevich Mordin as the Zhedrinsky mine.^[2]

It had the status of an urban-type settlement from 1942 until 2010. In 2010 it was recatergorised as a rural settlement.^[3]

Population

As of the 2021 Russian census, there were 639 people living in Zlatoutovsk - 318 men and 321 women.^[4]

Economy

There are two gold mining companies (Khargu CJSC, Albynsky Mine LLC) as well as a power plant.

Culture

There is a House of Culture in the town.

References

^ Карта поселка Златоустовск в Амурской области
^ Золотая лихорадка на Амуре Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Амурская правда 26 июня 2009 года № 111 (26688)
^ Закон Амурской области «О преобразовании рабочего поселка (поселка городского типа) Златоустовск в сельский населенный пункт»^{[dead link]}
^ Оценка численности постоянного населения Амурской области по городам и районам