Bayangol, Russia
Баянгол
Bayangol is a town of 1,432 people in Buryatiya Republic, Russia, founded in 1930.
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About Bayangol
Bayangol (Russian: Баянгол; Buryat: Баян гол, Baian gol) is a village in the Zakamensky District of Buryatia, Russia.
From the Wikipedia article Bayangol (Buryatia) (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
In the area where the village now stands, a coal deposit was discovered in the 1930s. At that time, a mining complex was built in Zakamensky district. For his needs, coal was needed, the discovery of deposits of which had by the time. When its development began, the village of Bayangol was built in the mines for workers who arrived from different parts of the USSR.
During World War II, the plant smelted armor for Soviet tanks. The inhabitants of Bayangol worked in its workshops, among whom were representatives of different nationalities - Russians, Buryats, Tatars, Belarusians, Chuvashs, Ukrainians. In 1941, a German-born population previously living in the Volga region was deported to the village.
From the History section of Bayangol (Buryatia) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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