Bratsk

Bratsk () is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is on the Angara River near the Bratsk Reservoir.

 History 
The first Europeans went to the area in 1623 to get taxes from the local Buryat people. Permanent settlement started with the building of an ostrog (fortress). This fortress was built in 1631 at the junction of the Oka and Angara rivers.

During World War II, Siberia became more industrialized. This was because the Soviet Union wanted to move its industry to the area east of the Ural Mountains.

 Twin towns and sister cities 

Bratsk is twinned with:

  Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
  Zibo, Shandong, China

 Notable people 

 Yevgeni Balyaikin (born 1988), association football player
 Roman Bugayev (born 1989), association football player
 Fedor Chudinov (born 1987), professional boxer
 Alexander Kasjanov (born 1983), bobsledder
 Vladimir Krasnov (born 1990), sprint athlete
 Jessica Long, Paralympic gold medal winner
 Marina Pankova (1963–2015), volleyball player, Olympic and world champion
 Semen Pavlichenko (born 1991), luger
 Valentina Popova (born 1972), weightlifter, world and European champion
 Alexandra Rodionova (born 1984), bobsledder and luger
 Alexandr Zubkov (born 1972), bobsledder

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official website of Bratsk  
 Bratsk Business Directory 
 Mojgorod.ru. Entry on Bratsk 

Category:Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast
Category:1631 establishments