Pictures from Chita.
Chita
(52 degrees of northern latitude, 113 degrees of eastern longitude),
a regional center, is
located
to the east from Baikal lake, in the south-east corner of
Siberia on the border with Mongolia and China.
The distance from Moscow is approximately 6000 km (6 time-zones).
The population of Chita city was 367,500 in 1994. The area within city
limits is 47,400 hectares; the area of Chita region is 431500 sq. km.
The city is located at the inflow of Chita river into Ingoda river.
Chita is a large transport center of the
Trans-Siberian railroad. The city is known as a settlement
Ingodinskoye Zimovie since 1653, as a town - since 1686.
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Snapshots from Chita (collection of photos taken while in Chita Jan-Nov 1995). These pictures are provided by Musical Bridges, Inc.,
a non-profit corporation chartered to promote access, opportunity
and good neighbors through cultural exchange. The company
was founded in 1993 in Vermont and has offices in Williamstown,
Vermont and Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
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Chita region (oblast). You can find information about this region, its capital
Chita and gold mining town of Baley (280 kilometers to the southeast of
Chita). You can read the
Siberian Diary written by Peta Semmens (Peta and Bob Lloyd are
the first westerners to live in Baley). The WWW service is owned by
Armada Gold Corporation, a Canadian public company (e-mail:
armada_facts-request@globalx.net with the word
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in the body of the message).
Credits: The statistical information about Chita is provided by
Andrei Kroussanov.
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