Duty is a village (selo) in the southern part of Khiloksky District

Khiloksky District

Khiloksky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 31 in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Khilok...

 of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

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, located at the confluence

Confluence (geography)

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 of the Duty and Arey Rivers, 65 kilometres (40.4 mi) away from Khilok

Khilok

Khilok is a town and the administrative center of Khiloksky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Khilok River, a right-hand tributary of the Selenga, west of Chita...

.

In the 1950s, a logging post of Areysky Logging-Lumbering Enterprise was located here. During the 1970s and 1980s, Duty was home to a Soviet Army

Soviet Army

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 engineering battalion building the road between Ulan-Ude

Ulan-Ude

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 and Chita. Duty was abandoned in 2002 because of the devastating wildfire

Wildfire

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, but, as of 2004, it was not officially abolished.

The archeological complex of Shaman-Gora

Shaman-Gora

Shaman-Gora is an archeological site on the outskirts of the village of Duty in Khiloksky District of Zabaykalsky Krai. It is famous for its about 100 petroglyphs dating from 4000–1000 BCE. It is thought to be a ritual site for the local tribes...

is located in the vicinity of the village.