Vysokogorsk (Russian: Высокого́рск, lit. high mountain) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kavalerovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, 30 kilometers (19 mi) northeast of the district's administrative center of Kavalerovo. Population: 293 (2010 Census);[1]474 (2002 Census);[2]888 (1989 Soviet census).[3]
History
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Vysokogorsk was granted urban-type settlement status in 1956 and demoted in status to that of a rural locality in December 2011.
Economy
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Tin mining is the main means of employment of the local population.
Transportation
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The nearest railway station, Varfolomeyevka, is situated in 165 kilometers (103 mi). Vysokogorsk is connected with Kavalerovo and Dalnegorsk by an auto route.
References
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^Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.