Kikhchik

Kikhchik (Russian: Кихчик) is a former urban-type settlement in Ust-Bolsheretsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Far East Russia. It lies on the southwest coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Sea of Okhotsk. Established in 1926 on the river Kikhchik, a fish canning factory was built by the Soviets here and it attained town status in 1940. Kikhchik had a secondary school, two elementary schools, a hospital, a club, a nursery, a kindergarten, three libraries, a canteen, a bakery, a bathhouse, 6 shops and 3 stalls, and an agricultural farm. By 1959 it had a population of 2606, which had declined to 709 by 1970. On August 28, 1972, the settlement of Kikhchik was abandoned.

Kikhchik
Кихчик
Location of Kikhchik
Kikhchik
Location of Kikhchik
Kikhchik
Kikhchik (Kamchatka Krai)
Coordinates: 53°25′15″N 156°02′25″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKamchatka Krai
Administrative districtUst-Bolsheretsky District
Founded1926
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
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