Borzya

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title: "Borzya" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-zabaykalsky-krai", "populated-places-established-in-1899", "former-urban-type-settlements-of-zabaykalsky-krai"] description: "Town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borzya" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia ::

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Field	Value
en_name	Borzya
ru_name	Борзя
loc_name1	Бооржо
loc_lang1	Buryat
loc_name2	Боорж
loc_lang2	Mongolian
image_skyline	Станция Борзя.jpg
image_caption	Borzya railway station
coordinates
map_label_position	right
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Borzya (Chita oblast).png
image_flag	Flag of Borzya (Chita oblast).png
federal_subject	Zabaykalsky Krai
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jur	Borzinsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of	Borzinsky District
adm_ctr_of_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jur	Borzinsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jur	Borzinskoye Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1	Borzinsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2	Borzinskoye Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census	31379
pop_2010census_ref
pop_latest	29822
pop_latest_date	January 2014
pop_latest_ref
established_date	18th century
current_cat_date	1950
postal_codes	674600–674603, 674609
dialing_codes	30233
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Geography

The town is located on the river Borzya—a right-hand tributary of the Onon—about 40 km from the border with Mongolia in the south and 70 km from the border with China in the southeast.

Climate

Borzya has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with severely cold, dry winters and warm, wet summers. Precipitation is quite low but is significantly higher from June to September than at other times of the year. Borzya is the sunniest city in Russia, the average annual number of hours of sunshine is 2797 hours, or about 63% of the time the sun is above the horizon,

|width = auto |location=Borzya |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C = 0 |Feb record high C = 7.1 |Mar record high C = 20.8 |Apr record high C = 30.1 |May record high C = 37.2 |Jun record high C = 41.4 |Jul record high C = 40.3 |Aug record high C = 37.6 |Sep record high C = 34.4 |Oct record high C = 25.8 |Nov record high C = 12.4 |Dec record high C = 4.4 |Jan high C = -17.8 |Feb high C = -11.6 |Mar high C = -1.6 |Apr high C = 9.9 |May high C = 18.5 |Jun high C = 24.8 |Jul high C = 26.5 |Aug high C = 24.1 |Sep high C = 17.6 |Oct high C = 7.6 |Nov high C = -5.7 |Dec high C = -15.8 |Jan mean C = -26.1 |Feb mean C = -20.7 |Mar mean C = -9.9 |Apr mean C = 2.1 |May mean C = 10.6 |Jun mean C = 17.4 |Jul mean C = 19.8 |Aug mean C = 17.2 |Sep mean C = 9.8 |Oct mean C = -0.1 |Nov mean C = -13.1 |Dec mean C = -23.4 |Jan low C = -32.8 |Feb low C = -28.8 |Mar low C = -18.3 |Apr low C = -5.8 |May low C = 2.2 |Jun low C = 9.4 |Jul low C = 13.1 |Aug low C = 10.5 |Sep low C = 2.6 |Oct low C = -6.8 |Nov low C = -19.5 |Dec low C = -29.9 |Jan record low C = -50 |Feb record low C = -49.0 |Mar record low C = -43.6 |Apr record low C = -30.8 |May record low C = -12.3 |Jun record low C = -4.5 |Jul record low C = 1.2 |Aug record low C = -2.8 |Sep record low C = -13.8 |Oct record low C = -29.1 |Nov record low C = -43.1 |Dec record low C = -51.7 |Jan precipitation mm = 3 |Feb precipitation mm = 2 |Mar precipitation mm = 4 |Apr precipitation mm = 8 |May precipitation mm = 20 |Jun precipitation mm = 56 |Jul precipitation mm = 80 |Aug precipitation mm = 65 |Sep precipitation mm = 33 |Oct precipitation mm = 10 |Nov precipitation mm = 5 |Dec precipitation mm = 5 |Jan humidity = 75.3 |Feb humidity = 78.6 |Mar humidity = 73.7 |Apr humidity = 46 |May humidity = 39.1 |Jun humidity = 42.9 |Jul humidity = 46.4 |Aug humidity = 50.7 |Sep humidity = 52.1 |Oct humidity = 58.1 |Nov humidity = 74.1 |Dec humidity = 76.5 |Jan sun = 152 |Feb sun = 203 |Mar sun = 264 |Apr sun = 267 |May sun = 304 |Jun sun = 303 |Jul sun = 276 |Aug sun = 270 |Sep sun = 231 |Oct sun = 226 |Nov sun = 162 |Dec sun = 140 |source 1 = Temps & Precip: pogodaiklimat.ru |source 2 = Other data: climatebase.ru (1948-2011)

History

Although there had been human settlement on the present site of the town since the 18th century, the modern town began with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1899. The settlement around the Borzya railway station was officially opened in 1900, named Suvorovsky in honor of Alexander Suvorov. This name, however, was not widely used by the residents, who continued to use the same name as the railway station and the river. The name Borzya was eventually made official when the settlement was granted town status in 1950.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Borzya serves as the administrative center of Borzinsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Borzya, together with one rural locality (the crossing loop of Zun-Torey), is incorporated within Borzinsky Municipal District as Borzinskoye Urban Settlement.

Economy

Besides the railway workshops, employers in the town include food production enterprised, particularly meat production from the livestock industry in the surrounding area.

The Kharanor brown coal open-pit mine is located northwest of the town, providing fuel for power generation.

Transportation

The town is on the original stretch of the Trans-Siberian Railway which crossed Manchuria on its way to Vladivostok and was known as the Chinese Eastern Railway. This route was later bypassed by the current Trans-Siberian, which is entirely on the Russian territory, but the original line passing through Borzya is still used for passenger and freight traffic to and from China.

A branch line from Borzya reaches Choibalsan in Mongolia. The border stations are Solov'yovsk (Соловьёвск) in Russia and Chuluunkhoroot (Ereentsav) in Mongolia. There are no passenger service across the border, but passenger trains operate between Choibalsan and Chuluunkhoroot.

Military

The town was the headquarters of the 36th Army of the Russian Ground Forces until 2009.

The airbases of the Borzya-2 (air base) and Arabatuk (air base) are nearby.

References

Notes

Sources

References

1. Law #316-ZZK
2. {{OKTMO reference. 76 609 101
3. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
4. "Климат Борзи - Погода и климат".
5. [http://www.mojgorod.ru/chitinsk_obl/borzja/ Народная энциклопедия "Мой город". Борзя (Забайкальский край)]
6. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai''
7. Law #317-ZZK
8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118101838/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/eastern-mongolia/choibalsan/transport/getting-there-away Lonely Planet Mongolia: Choibalsan transport (archived version 18 Jan 2012)]
9. link. (24 February 2009). Sibinfo

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