Gornyak is a town and the administrative center of Loktevsky District

Loktevsky District

Loktevsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the sixty in Altai Krai, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Gornyak. District's population: Population of Gornyak accounts for 46.9% of the district's population....

 of Altai Krai

Altai Krai

Altai Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It borders with, clockwise from the south, Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative center is the city of Barnaul...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located 360 kilometres (223.7 mi) southwest of Barnaul

Barnaul

-Russian Empire:Barnaul was one of the earlier cities established in Siberia. Originally chosen for its proximity to the mineral-rich Altai Mountains and its location on a major river, the site was founded by the wealthy Demidov family in the 1730s. In addition to the copper which had originally...

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It was founded in the 18th century as the selo of Zolotukha . In 1942, a miners' settlement was established in place of the old Zolotukha, named Gornyak. It was granted urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

status in 1946 and town status in 1969.