Zima (town)
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This article is about a town in Russia. For a beverage, see Zima
Zima (Russian: Зима) is a town in and the administrative center of Ziminsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the intersection of the Trans-Siberian railway with the Oka River. Population: 34,899 (2002 Census); 41,814 (1989 Census).
The village Staraya Zima (Старая Зима) on the place of the town was established in 1743. In 1898, the Trans-Siberian railway went to the village and the railroad sation Zima was established. In 1917 (or, according to other sources, in 1922), the village was granted town status.
The town is best known as the birthplace of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian poet.
[edit] External link
- (Russian) Entry on Zima at Mojgorod.ru
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