Babushkin (town)

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title: "Babushkin (town)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-buryatia", "populated-places-in-kabansky-district", "populated-places-on-lake-baikal"] description: "Town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babushkin_(town)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia ::

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Field	Value
en_name	Babushkin
ru_name	Бабушкин
image_skyline	Babushkin street.jpeg
image_caption	A street in Babushkin
coordinates
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Babushkin (Buryatia).png
federal_subject	Republic of Buryatia
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adm_district_jur	Kabansky District
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adm_selsoviet_jur	Babushkin
adm_selsoviet_type	Town
adm_selsoviet_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of1	Town of Babushkin
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inhabloc_cat	Town
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mun_district_jur	Kabansky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jur	Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1	Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of1_ref
pop_2010census	4831
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1892
established_date_ref
current_cat_date	1902
postal_codes	30138
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History

It was founded in 1892 as a postal station Mysovaya (Мысовая), its name derived from the Russian word Mys meaning "cape", referring to its location on the shores of Lake Baikal.

A few years later it was chosen as the eastern terminus for the train ferry across Lake Baikal, which was used as part of the Trans-Siberian Railway until the rail line around the southern shore was completed in 1905. It was granted town status under the name Mysovsk in 1902.

It was renamed Babushkin in 1942, in honor of the revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, arrested and executed at Mysovaya station in 1906.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Babushkin—an administrative division of Kabansky District. As a municipal division, the territory of Babushkin, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Babushkinskoye Urban Settlement. The remaining two rural localities are incorporated as Klyuyevskoye Rural Settlement of Kabansky Municipal District.

Economy

Babushkin is a depot for wood transport on the Trans-Siberian Railway, as well as a tourist center for tours on southern Lake Baikal.

References

Notes

Sources

References

1. (2003). "Энциклопедия Города России". Большая Российская Энциклопедия.
2. Resolution #43
3. Law #985-III

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