Gusinoozyorsk

 city, district center

Gusinoozersk (Russian: Гусиноозёрск; Buryat: Галуута Нуур, Galuuta Nuur; Mongolian: Галуутнуур, Galuutnuur) is a town and the administrative center of Selenginsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Population: 24,582 (2010 Census). The town is located in the area of the Selenga Highlands, on the northeastern shore of Lake Gusinoye, 110 kilometers (68 mi) southwest of Ulan-Ude.
It was founded in 1939 under the name Shakhty (Ша́хты),[2] in connection with the commencement of exploitation of brown coal deposits in the area. In 1953, it was granted town status and given its present name,[citation needed] derived from Gusinoye Ozero (lit. "goose lake"), the Russian name for the lake on which the town stands.