Sretensk () is a town and the administrative center of Sretensky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River (Amur basin), east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population:
History The town was founded in 1689 and was granted town status in 1926. The Trans-Siberian Railway reached the town in 1897; until the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway, this was the end of the line. At the time, transport was the town's largest industry; the town served as a transshipment point between the railway, the Amur and Shilka rivers, and carriages or carts. Prisoners sentenced to exile in the Nerchinsk katorga would be transferred from trains to carriages here.
During the Russo-Japanese War, troops were stationed there, as well as Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. (skip to 5:15) Between October 1914 and 1921, it accommodated the Sretensk prisoner of war camp.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sretensk serves as the administrative center of Sretensky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai As a municipal division, the town of Sretensk, together with one rural locality (the selo of Morgul), is incorporated within Sretensky Municipal District as Sretenskoye Urban Settlement.Law #317-ZZK
Transportation The P426 road leads west to Nerchinsk. The P429 road leads west to Shelopugino, Gazimursky Zavod, Nerchinsky Zavod, and eventually to the border with China.
Climate Sretensk has a cold humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) bordering closely on a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc), with severely cold winters and very warm summers. Precipitation is quite low but is much higher in summer than at other times of the year.
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