Zolotinka (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic It is located south of the Aldan Highlands on the Kholodnikan River, a tributary of the Timpton. As of the 2010 Russian Census, its population was 552.
Etymology The name "Zolotinka", which translates to gold flake in Russian, refers to the gold reserves found in the area.
History Zolotinka was founded in the mid-1970s in conjunction with the construction of the railway linking the Baikal–Amur Mainline to the town of Neryungri. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1977. With the completion of the railway, and gold mining activities not as successful as it had been hoped, the majority of inhabitants left during the 1980s.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of ZolotinkaAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Zolotinka is the administrative center of the Settlement of Zolotinka. is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Zolotinka. As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Zolotinka and the Settlement of Nagorny are incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Zolotinka Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III
Transportation Zolotinka has a railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline.
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Neryungrinsky District.