Bodaybo

The city is located between the western spurs of the North Baikal Highlands and the eastern spurs of the Kropotkin Ridge, on the right bank of the Vitim River, at the confluence of the Bodaibo River, 1100 km northeast of Irkutsk. Dock on the Vitim River. 844 km from the railway station Lena. Airport. Founded in 1864 as a mine Bodaiba residence (cargo warehouse), serving the Lensky gold-field district; the name is based on the location at the mouth of the river. Bodaibo, right tributary of Vitim. The etymology of the hydronym has not been established. Lena mines became widely known in the second half of the 19th century. In the sand-pebble sediments along the valleys of the rivers, the richest gold placers were found. The first placer was officially registered in 1846. In 1912, a mass strike took place at the gold mines, suppressed by the government (the so-called Lensky Shooting). Bodaibo is the main base of the Lensk-Vitimsky gold mining region. JSC "Lenzoloto". JSC "Vitimzhilstroy", plant of large-panel housing "Mobil". Food industry enterprises. Near Bodaibo - Mamacan HPP. In the Bodaibinsky district of the deposit - gold ore "Dry Log", quartz, brick clays, sand, gravel, lime, sapropel, charoite "Lilac stone".