Baykal (port)
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Baykal (port) (Russian: Байка́л (порт)) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located near Lake Baikal on the left bank of the Angara River, 60 kilometers (37 mi) south of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 425 (2010 Census);[1] 504 (2002 Census);[2] 613 (1989 Census).[3]
History
Baykal (port) had work settlement status until February 1, 2014, when it was demoted to a rural locality.[4]
Transportation
The town is the terminus of the Circum-Baikal Railway. There is an automobile ferry to Listvyanka, a work settlement on the opposite side of the river.
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- Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Закон №11-ОЗ от 14 января 2014 г. «О преобразовании рабочего посёлка Байкал (порт) Слюдянского района Иркутской области, распространении действия Закона "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Слюдянского района Иркутской области" на всю территорию нового субъекта Российской Федерации — Иркутской области и внесении в него изменений». Вступил в силу через десять календарных дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная", №6, 22 января 2014 г.. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #11-OZ of January 14, 2014 On Transforming the Work Settlement of Baykal (port) in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, on Expanding the Scope of the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast" to the Whole Territory of the New Federal Subject of the Russian Federation—Irkutsk Oblast—and on Amending It. Effective as of the day which is ten calendar days after the day of official publication.).
