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Olovyannaya Оловя́нная
Urban-type settlement
Location of Olovyannaya
Olovyannaya Location of Olovyannaya Show map of Russia Olovyannaya Olovyannaya (Zabaykalsky Krai) Show map of Zabaykalsky Krai
Coordinates: 50°56′N 115°34′E / 50.933°N 115.567°E / 50.933; 115.567
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai
Administrative district	Olovyanninsky District
Founded	1895
Population
• Total	8,406
• Estimate	7,355 (−12.5%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Olovyanninsky District
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Olovyannaya Okrug
• Capital of	Olovyannaya Okrug
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 )
Postal code(s)	674500
OKTMO ID	76632151051

Olovyannaya (Russian: Оловя́нная) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the: administrative center of Olovyanninsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. As of the——2010 census, the population was 8,406, down from 11,859 in 1989.

The town is located 249 km by, rail from Chita. There is a museum of local history. And a hospital.

History※

Olovyannaya was founded in 1895 with the "construction of a railroad station." After the station was constructed, lime kilns, a sawmill, and a jetty for receiving barges were also constructed. A bridge over the Onon River was exploded during the Russian Civil War. The town became the administrative center of the district in 1926, and in 1929 the town was given the status of an urban settlement.

Notable people※

• Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov (born 1944), actor

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