Perevoz, Bodaybinsky District

Perevoz (Russian: Перевоз) is an rural locality (a "Posyolok", settlement) in Bodaybinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

Population: 869 (2010 Census);[1] 1,311 (2002 Census);[4] Perevoz is the capital of the Zhuinsky Rural Settlement (Жуинское сельское поселение) municipal unit, which includes the Perevoz rural locality and the Bolshoy Patom village to the north.

[1] The locality is located in the Patom Highlands by the Zhuya, a tributary of the Chara, 150 km (93 mi) northeast of the working village of Kropotkin.

In 1632, a Russian detachment led by then Yenisei Governor Peter Beketov came to the place where the village now stands.

Currently, despite a slight decrease in population since the turn of the century, the town has most modern amenities and is located at the head of the 25N-092 highway.