Economy and Infrastructure
Besides the railway workshops, employers in the town include food production, particularly meat production from the livestock industry in the surrounding area.
The Kharanor brown coal open cut mine is located northwest of the town, providing fuel for power generation.
The town is on the original stretch of the Trans-Siberian Railway which crossed Manchuria on its way to Vladivostok, known as the Chinese Eastern Railway. This route was later by-passed by the current Trans-Siberian, which is entirely on Russian territory, but is used for passenger and freight traffic to and from China.
As recently as November 2010 steam locomotives were seen operating in the town.
It is the headquarters of the 36th Army of the Russian Ground Forces.
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