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Quick facts for kids Luchegorsk (English) Лучегорск (Russian)
- Urban-type settlement -
Electric power station in Luchegorsk

Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai
Administrative center of	Pozharsky District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	21,004 inhabitants
Time zone	VLAT (UTC+11:00)
Founded	1966

Luchegorsk (Russian: Лучего́рск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pozharsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: 21,004 (2010 Census); 22,365 (2002 Census); 21,825 (1989 Census).

History

It was founded in 1966 on the bank of the Kontrovod River.

Economy

There is a large electric power station which supplies the electricity to Primorsky Krai and causes ecological problems in Luchegorsk. It is the closest settlement to where the Sino-Soviet border conflict occurred.

Miscellaneous

Luchegorsk is the largest inhabited locality in the Far Eastern Federal District which does not have town status. In September 2015, The Guardian reported that 'dozens of hungry bears' had besieged the town, wandering the streets and attacking residents. https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/russia/Brother-Anton-Virich-Sentenced-to-Six-Years-and-Two-Months-in-Prison/

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