Vysokogorsk

Vysokogorsk

Vysokogorsk ( _ru. Высокогорск) is an urban-type settlement in Kavalerovsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Vysokogorsk is located in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, 35 km west from Rudnaya Pristan, 30 km north-east from district's center Kavalerovo. The nearest railway station (Varfolomeevka) is situated 165 km from it. The settlement is connected with Kavalerovo and Dalnegorsk by the road.

Population: 289 (2002 Census); [ [http://terrus.ru/cgi-bin/allrussia/v3_index.pl?act=reg&id=25 terrus.ru — база данных России] ] 327 (2005 Est.). [ [http://www.zspk.gov.ru/municipal/info/sbornik.html Сборник «Муниципальные образования Приморского края»] ]

Vysokogorsk gained urban-type settlement status in 1956. A stannum mining is a main job of people in the settlement.

"Vysokogorsk" means "High Mount" in Russian language.

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