Luchegorsk

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Electric power station in Luchegorsk

Luchegorsk (Russian: Лучего́рск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pozharsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: 21,004 (2010 Census);[1] 22,365 (2002 Census);[2] 21,825 (1989 Census).[3]

History

It was founded in 1966 on the bank of the Kontrovod River.

Economy

There is a large electric power station which supplies the electricity to Primorsky Krai and causes ecological problems in Luchegorsk. It is the closest settlement to where the Sino-Soviet border conflict occurred.

Miscellaneous

Luchegorsk is the largest inhabited locality in the Far Eastern Federal District which does not have town status.[1] In September 2015, The Guardian reported that 'dozens of hungry bears' had besieged the town, wandering the streets and attacking residents.[4]

References

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  4. The Guardian, 'Hungry bears in reign of terror,' New Zealand Sunday Star-Times, September 6, 2015, B13.