Economy and Infrastructure
Ever since its inception, the main industry of the town has been salt-mining. The opening of a major mine in 1956 saw the town become Russia's largest producer of table salt, as well as the development of related chemical industries such as Usolyekhimprom.
There is also heavy machinery assembly, including mining equipment produced by the company Usolyemash.
The town has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway, it is also located on the highway from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk.
A light rail network has operated in the town since the 1960s, originally funded by the salt mine.
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