Fevralsk is an urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 in Selemdzhinsky District

Selemdzhinsky District

Selemdzhinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Ekimchan. Population: 11,808 ; Population of Ekimchan accounts for 10.4% of the district's population....

 of Amur Oblast

Amur Oblast

Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , situated about east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers. It shares its border with the Sakha Republic in the north, Khabarovsk Krai and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the east, People's Republic of China in the south, and Zabaykalsky...

, Russia

Russia

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. Population: 4,904 (2006 est.);

Geography

The settlement is located between the Selemdzha River

Selemdzha River

Selemdzha River is a river in the Amur Oblast in Russia. It is the biggest tributary of the Zeya River. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km². Its main tributaries are the Ulma and Nora. The Selemdzha River freezes up in early November and stays under the...

 and its tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 the Byssa, about 340 kilometres (211.3 mi) north-east of Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: -Early history of the region:The early residents of both sides of the Amur in the region of today's Blagoveshchensk were the Daurs and Duchers...

, the oblast's administrative center, and 204 kilometres (126.8 mi) south-west of Ekimchan, the administrative center of the district.

History

The village of Fevralskoye was founded in February 1896 by settlers from Central Russia; the name was derived from the Russian word "" (fevral), meaning "February".

In 1974, the village became one of the most important support bases for construction of the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM). The station and the settlement were built by workers from Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...

; as part of the construction of the BAM, various sections and towns along the route were placed under the patronage of Komsomol

Komsomol

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 brigades from different parts of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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.

In 1982, the village was given its current name and was granted urban-type settlement status. Regular rail traffic on the BAM section from Tynda

Tynda

Tynda is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is an important railway junction, often referred to as the capital of the BAM. The name is of Evenk origin, tendy translating roughly as on the river bank. Population: -Geography:...

 to Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Komsomolsk-on-Amur is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, situated on the left bank of Amur River. It is located on the BAM railway line, northeast of Khabarovsk. Population: -Geography and climate:...

 began in 1989. Many inhabitants left the settlement after completion of the rail line. However, in contrast to most other settlements along the BAM, the population has once again begun to increase, with a population of 4,904 according to the 2006 estimates.

Economy and infrastructure

Fevralsk is an important station on the BAM, located 3017 kilometres (1,874.7 mi) from Tayshet

Tayshet

Tayshet is a town and a railroad junction in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: Here the Baikal Amur Mainline begins, branching northeast from the Trans-Siberian Railway...

, and is the biggest settlement on the over 1,000 km-long section between Tynda

Tynda

Tynda is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is an important railway junction, often referred to as the capital of the BAM. The name is of Evenk origin, tendy translating roughly as on the river bank. Population: -Geography:...

 and Novy Urgal

Novy Urgal

Novy Urgal is an urban-type settlement in Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: 6,779 ; -Geography:The settlement is situated in the valley of the Bureya River, close to its confluence with the Urgal River...

. The rail line crosses the Selemdzha and the Byssa Rivers close to the settlement, over two bridges which are, respectively, 700 m and 200 m-long. A 144 km-long branch line is being built north to the Ogodzha coal fields.

Logging

Logging

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 is conducted in the area around Fevralsk, mainly for export to nearby China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

.