Zhemchug ( bur. Zhemheg ) - a village in the Tunkinsky district of Buryatia . The administrative center of the rural settlement "Pearl" .
| Village | |
| Pearls | |
|---|---|
| Boer. Jemhag | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Buryatia |
| Municipal District | Tunkinsky |
| Rural settlement | "Pearl" |
| Internal division | 14 streets |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | ↘ 1138 [1] people ( 2010 ) |
| Nationalities | Buryats, Russians |
| Denominations | Buddhists, Orthodox, shamanists |
| Katoykonim | pearls |
| Official language | Buryat , Russian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 30147 |
| Postcode | 671020 |
| OKATO Code | 81251811001 |
| OKTMO Code | |
Content
Geography
It is located in the Tunkinsky valley , on the 95th kilometer of the Tunkinsky tract , 23 km east of the district center - the village of Kyren .
History
In the XIX and early XX centuries, several uluses were located on the site of the current village of Zhemchug - Zhemhag, Nurai, Khabarnuty, God-Gorkhon, Tutkhul, Khltegay, Ulan-Gorkhon.
In 1918, near these uluses, the White Cossacks dealt with the red partisans from the detachment of Nestor Kalandarishvili .
In 1920, after the Red Army units entered the territory of the modern Tunkinsky district, Soviet power was restored in these uluses.
In the years 1927-1928. In the Jemhag ulus, the Aradai Hubishal commune was formed. In 1930, a fishing artel named after Stalin . In the same year, in the ulus of Bog-Gorkhon, the Sibcomsomol agricultural cartel arose. In 1931, an artel named after Budyonny, in the Hultagay ulus - artel them. Frunze. In 1932, all these artels were combined into collective farms named after Voroshilov and the “Lenin Way”.
During World War II, more than 100 people were called up from these uluses to the front, 74 of them died in battles.
December 8, 1959 the state farm "Sayansky" was formed, uniting two collective farms. The central estate of the state farm was the ulus God-Gorkhon, where the village council was located.
In the 1960s, during the construction of the highway, the names were put down, after which the ulus God-Gorkhon became known as Pearl [2] .
Population
| Population | |
|---|---|
| 2002 [3] | 2010 [1] |
| 1385 | ↘ 1138 |
Infrastructure and Culture
The administration of a rural settlement, a secondary school, a kindergarten, a medical outpatient clinic, a House of Culture, a library, the Pearl Museum of Buddhism, history and local history, the folklore ensemble "Zhemheg".
Famous People
- Alsyev, Maysan Ardanovich (1879-1961) - folk storyteller
- Dorjo Hapharanov - Knight of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Saganov, Vladimir Bizyaevich (1936-1999) - in the 1960s he was the director of the Sayansky state farm. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1977-1987), Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Buryatia (1990-1994), deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR of the 10th and 11th convocations, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the USSR .