Dauriya, Zabaykalsky Krai


Dauriya is a settlement in Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia, the administrative center of the Daursky Rural Settlement.

History

Dauriya was originally founded in 1900 as a rail siding on the Trans-Baikal Railway, to which a settlement was attached in 1909. It was the location of the 1st Argun Regiment and 1st Transbaikal Cossack Battery of the 1st Separate Transbaikal Cossack Brigade of the Transbaikal Cossack Host until the Russian Civil War.

Transport

Dauriya is the location of a station on the Trans-Baikal Railway, and is southwest of Zabaykalsk, the nearest inhabited location.

Demographics

According to the Russian Census of 2010, Dauriya had 3,850 inhabitants. According to the Russian Census of 2002, it had 4,242 inhabitants.