Nerchinsk (English spelling)

Japanese: ネルチンスク（英語表記）Nerchinsk

A city in the Zabaikalskiy Krai in the south of Eastern Siberia, in central-eastern Russia. It is located about 200 km east of Chita, facing the Nercha River near its confluence with the Shilka River. A Russian fortress was built in 1654, and after the Treaty of Nerchinsk was concluded in 1689, it prospered as a trade stop between Russia and Qing. It gradually declined as Chita to the west rose to prosperity and the Trans-Siberian Railway was laid through the south, leaving the city behind. There are factories producing electrical equipment and meat processing, as well as a local museum. A branch line runs through the city from Priskoby Station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population 15,748 (2002).

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Japanese:

ロシア中東部，東シベリア南部，ザバイカリスキー地方の都市。チタの東約 200kmにあり，シルカ川への合流点に近いネルチャ川に臨む。1654年ロシアの要塞が築かれたことに始まり，1689年ネルチンスク条約締結後，ロシアと清との交易の中継地として繁栄。その後西方のチタが興隆し，またシベリア横断鉄道が市をはずれ南方を通って敷設されたため，しだいに衰退。電気機器，食肉加工などの工場，郷土博物館がある。シベリア鉄道のプリースコブイ駅から支線が通じる。人口 1万5748 (2002) 。

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