Novoraichikhinsk is an urban locality (a work settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of Progress Urban Okrug in Amur Oblast, Russia.
Population: Estimated to be around 1100 nowadays.
Daily life
Most people in Novoraichikhinsk live in the northeastern part of the settlement in the Soviet-era high-rise buildings on Svetlaya, Shosseynaya and Poyarkovskaya streets.https://2gis.ru/geo/70030076228706988/129.591386%2C49.784388?m=129.594343%2C49.784283%2F17.32 The rest of the settlement is mostly small houses. For most of the settlement's existence streets other than Svetlaya and Shosseynaya were unlit, but street lights were installed all around the settlement in the early-mid 2020s. Most-soviet era parks and recreation areas, such as a club on Lenin square were abandoned and destroyed. Nightlife is sparse and almost nonexistent outside the northeastern part of the settlement. The settlement was notorious for wild dogs, however the local government got rid of most of them in the early 2020s.
Jobs and employment
After the Novoraichikhinsk Mechanical Plant was abandoned, most people left Novoraichikhinsk and moved to Progress. Most people in Novoraichikhinsk either work in stores or in their own farms. Due to a lack of supply and huge demand for products, prices in Novoraichikhinsk's shops are often double of that in Progress. This and other factors encourage people to leave Novoraichikhinsk and move to places like Progress, Raychikhinsk or Blagoveshchensk.
Education The settlement has one school, School №12 and the kindergarten Raduga in the same buildinghttps://yandex.ru/maps/org/srednyaya_obshcheobrazovatelnaya_shkola_12/211006517343/?ll=129.590609%2C49.784315&z=17.2. However, due to a lack of teachers and staff most people take their kids to schools in Progress.
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