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Selo in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Восточное (‹See Tfd›Russian: Восточное) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Vostochny Selsoviet of Ikryaninsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 767 as of 2010.[2] There are 15 streets.
Vostochnoye
Восточное | |
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Selo | |
Coordinates: 46°07′N 47°40′E[1] | |
Country | Russia |
Region | Astrakhan Oblast |
District | Ikryaninsky District |
Time zone | UTC+4:00 |
Vostochnoye is located 16 km northwest of Ikryanoye (the district's administrative centre) by road. Dzhamba is the nearest rural locality.[3]
Vostochnoye was founded by Kalmyk settlers in the 1930s. Its original name was Kisin-Sharburbä. After all ethnic Kalmyks were forcibly resettled to Siberia in 1943 by Joseph Stalin, it got its current name derived from the Russian word for "Eastern".[4]
In 2021, the local Kalmyk community composed of those who managed to return from the Siberian exile finished the construction of a Buddhist temple (khurul).
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