Sretensk (Russian: Сретенск, IPA: [ˈsrʲetʲɪnsk]) is a town and the administrative center of Sretensky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River (Amur basin), 385 kilometers (239 mi) east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai.
It was used during the Russo-Japanese War as a place where troops are stationed along with Vladivostok and Khabarovsk,[11] It was then granted town status in 1926.
Between October 1914 and 1921, it accommodated the Sretensk prisoner of war camp.
[1] As a municipal division, the town of Sretensk, together with one rural locality (the selo of Morgul), is incorporated within Sretensky Municipal District as Sretenskoye Urban Settlement.
Precipitation is quite low but is much higher in summer than at other times of the year.