Russia is a huge country where there are many huge cities and miniature settlements. This is more than 17 million square kilometers, which are home to about 146 million people.
On the border with Mongolia and China is the Trans-Baikal Territory. This is a small administrative unit with a population of just over 1 million people. It is in this area that there is a very small rural settlement - Chara.
Historical reference
The settlement appeared in 1932. And a year later, the Chara of the Trans-Baikal Territory was able to boast of its own school, then a shop, a boarding school, a radio center and other infrastructure facilities appeared. By 1938, the main objects of social infrastructure appeared in the settlement, and in 1939 the first plane landed here.
In 1978, the first representatives of the BAM construction detachments appeared in the village. From 1971 to 1994, it was in this place that researchers based on the development of a copper ore deposit were based. By the way, the Udokan deposit is the third most abundant copper ore in the world.
Population
To date, most of the population of the village of Chara of the Transbaikal Territory has left their native places. As of 2010, there were 216 people in the settlement. But in 1989, 3 thousand 441 people lived in the village.
The airport operates on the territory of the settlement, where flights are still carried out to date.
Climatic and geographical features
These places have a rather harsh climate. Winter lasts about 7.5 months. During this period, the air temperature drops to -32.2 ° C, and in summer it does not rise above + 16.5 °. In fact, the temperature drop during the year is 48.9 °.
Snow cover often reaches 51-53 centimeters, and air humidity ranges from 59% to 79%, depending on the season.
The settlement is located at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level - in the Verkhnecharskaya depression. This is the foothills of the Kodar Range. The city of Moscow is 6415 kilometers, and the city of Chita is 690 kilometers.
sights
The main pride of the village of Chara (Kalarsky district, Trans-Baikal Territory) is the Charsky Sands tract (9 km). This is a unique phenomenon for the territory of Russia. The sandy desert with an area of 50 km 2 is located among the taiga.
The uniqueness also lies in the fact that by all characteristics the tract resembles the Asian desert, but with taiga vegetation. It is here that you can see the ice on the sand and enjoy the surreal desert landscape in the heart of the taiga.