Borzya

Town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
the river in Russia

Although there had been human settlement on the present site of the town since the 18th century, the modern town began with the construction of the Trans Siberian Railway in 1899. The settlement around the Borzya railway station was officially opened in 1900, named Suvorovsky in honor of Alexander Suvorov. This name, however, was not widely used by the residents, who continued to use the same name as the railway station and the river. The name Borzya was eventually made official when the settlement was granted town status in 1950. As a municipal division, the town of Borzya, together with one rural locality (the crossing loop of Zun Torey), is incorporated within Borzinsky Municipal District as Borzinskoye Urban Settlement.

Besides the railway workshops, employers in the town include food production enterprised, particularly meat production from the livestock industry in the surrounding area. The Kharanor brown coal open pit 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 and was known as the Chinese Eastern Railway. This route was later bypassed by the current Trans Siberian, which is entirely on the Russian territory, but the original line passing through Borzya is still used for passenger and freight traffic to and from China. The line from Choibalsan in Mongolia terminates in Borzya, although there are no passenger service across the border: passenger trains depart from at Chuluunkhoroot (Ereentsav) approx. 80 km to the southwest of Borzya.

The town was the headquarters of the 36th Army of the Russian Ground Forces until 2009. The airbases of the Borzya 2 (air base) and Arabatuk (air base) are nearby.