Nerchinsky Zavod (Russian: Не́рчинский Заво́д) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located near the Sino-Russian border.
[2] It was founded in 1689[1] by Greek mining engineers in the employ of the Russian Government.
[10] Lead and silver ore was mined by prisoners in the Nerchinsk katorga starting in 1722.
[10] The regional road P429 leads west to Gazimursky Zavod, Shelopugino, and Sretensk; it leads east to the border with China at the selo of Olochi.
Precipitation is quite low but is somewhat higher from June to September than at other times of the year.