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Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic
Belaya Gora (russian: Бе́лая Гора́; sah, Үрүҥ хайа) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Abyysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River, approximately downstream of its confluence with its tributary the Uyandina, opposite the village of Suturuokha. At the 2010 Census, its population was 2,245. Etymology The literal meaning of both the Russian and Sakha language names is the "white mountain". History It was founded in 1974 as the administrative center of Abyysky District, to replace the previous settlement of Druzhina, which was located upstream on the Indigirka and was often subject to flooding. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belaya Gora serves as the administrative cent ...
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Sakha Republic
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the Federal subjects of Russia#List, largest republics of Russia, republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, largest country subdivision, covering over 3,083,523 square kilometers (1,190,555 sq mi). ''Sakha'' following regular sound changes in the course of development of the Yakut language) as the Evenk and Yukaghir exonyms for the Yakuts. It is pronounced as ''Haka'' by the Dolgans, Dolgan language, whose language is either a dialect or a close relative of the Yakut language.Victor P. Krivonogov, "The Dolgans’Ethnic Identity and Language Processes." ''Journal of Siberian Federal University'', Humanities & Social Sciences 6 (2013 6) 870–888. Geography * ''Borders'': ** ''internal'': Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ...
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Uyandina River
The Uyandina (russian: Уяндина; sah, Уйаандьы, translit=Uyaancı) is a river in Yakutia, Russia, a tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the Uyandina is . The area of its drainage basin is . Course The river is formed by the confluence of the long Irgichyan originating in the NW Selennyakh Range and the long Baky, which has its source in Lake Baky, located at the junction of the western end of the Polousny Range and the Kyun-Tas. After flowing in a roughly southern direction in its upper course, the Uyandina flows then eastwards through the Aby Lowland. Finally it meets the left bank of the Indigirka from its mouth. Google Earth The Uyandina freezes up in October and remains icebound until late May or early June. Tributaries The biggest tributaries of the Uyandina are the long Khatyngnakh and long Khachimcher from the left, as well as the long Buor-Yuryakh from the right. See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European Russi ...
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Belaya Gora Airport
Belaya Gora Airport is an airport serving the urban locality of Belaya Gora, Abyysky District, in the Sakha Republic of Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh .... Airlines and destinations References External links Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in the Arctic Airports in the Sakha Republic {{Russia-airport-stub ...
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Deputatsky, Sakha Republic
Deputatsky (russian: Депута́тский; sah, Депутатскай, translit=Deputatskay) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Selennyakh Range, about north-northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,983. Geography Deputatsky is spread out along a section of the Oyun-Unguokhtakh River, up to its mouth on the Irgichyan, which becomes a source of the Uyandina River. History It was founded in 1951 as a mining settlement, exploiting nearby deposits of tin. In its early years, its workforce included Gulag prisoners. In 1958, Deputatsky was granted urban-type settlement status.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' In 1967, it replaced the '' selo'' of Kazachye as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District. Due to the downturn in the mining industry followi ...
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Khonuu
Khonuu (russian: Хонуу; sah, Хонуу, ''Xonuu'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Momsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River. Population: Geography Khonuu is located approximately northeast of the republic's capital city of Yakutsk, in the lowlands between the Moma Mountains to the northeast and the Chersky Range to the southwest. It is also situated on the right bank of the Indigirka River, just downstream of the confluence with its tributary the Moma. History It was founded in 1931.Official website of the Sakha RepublicGeographical and Historical Reference The nearby Moma Natural Park is a major tourist attraction that was established on 18 June 1996. Demographics Yakuts, who are primarily hunters or reindeer herders, make up 67% of the population. Other ethnicities include Russians (15.1%), Evens (11.8%), Evenks (0.5%), and Yukaghirs (0.1%). Transportation There are no railro ...
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Ust-Nera
Ust-Nera ( rus, Усть-Нера, r=; sah, Уус Ньара, translit=Uus Nyara) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in Yakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, Ust-Nera is approximately northeast of the republic's capital, Yakutsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,463. Geography Ust-Nera is located at the confluence of the Nera and Indigirka Rivers, from which it takes its name (the ''ust-'' part means ''river mouth'' in Russian). Ust-Nera is located about north of the '' selo'' of Oymyakon, which one of two places in the Sakha Republic (the other being Verkhoyansk) which lays claim to being the northern Pole of Cold, the coldest location in the northern hemisphere. The Tas-Kystabyt, Silyap Range and the Nera Plateau are located in the district. Climate Ust-Nera has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dw ...
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Chokurdakh
Chokurdakh (russian: Чокурда́х; sah, Чокуурдаах) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,367. Geography Chokurdakh is located on the left bank of the Indigirka River, below its confluence with the Allaikha. The Yana-Indigirka Lowland lies to the west and northwest, and the Kondakov Plateau to the east, beyond the other bank of the Indigirka. History It was founded in 1936 as the new administrative center of Allaikhovsky District, which was established in 1931. It served as a river port on the Indigirka, connecting to sea traffic using the Northern Sea Route. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1981. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of ChokurdakhAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisio ...
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Winter Road
A winter road is a seasonal road only usable during the winter, i.e. it has to be re-built every year. This road typically runs over land and over frozen lakes, rivers, swamps, and sea ice.Proskin et al, 2011. Guidelines for the Construction and Operation of Winter Roads, Transportation Association of Canada.- IHSA, 2014. Best practices for building and working safely on ice covers in Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, 43 p.- NorthWest Territories Transportation, 2015. Guidelines for safe ice construction, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, 44 p.Spencer, P.A., Strandberg, A.G. and Maddock, W.A., 2008. Ice and toundra road design for module transport, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ships and Marine Structures in Cold Regions (ICETECH), Banff. Segments of a winter road that cross an expanse of floating ice are also referred to as an ice road or an ice bridge. The foundations underlying over-land segments is most often native soil or muskeg frozen to a given depth, and lo ...
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Urban-type Settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: uk, с.м.т., translit=s.m.t.; be, пасёлак гарадскога тыпу, translit=pasiolak haradskoha typu; pl, osiedle typu miejskiego; bg, селище от градски тип, translit=selishte ot gradski tip; ro, așezare de tip orășenesc. is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (previously called a "town"), used in several Eastern European countries. The term was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union, and remains in use today in 10 of the post-Soviet states. The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922, when it replaced a number of terms that could have been translated by the English term "town" (Russia – '' posad'', Ukraine ...
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Subdivisions Of Russia
Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. Federal subjects Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation.Constitution, Article 65 However, six of these federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Kherson Oblast, the Lugansk People's Republic, the federal city of Sevastopol and the Zaporozhye Oblast—are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. All federal subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council (upper house of the Federal Assembly). They do, however, differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy. De jure, there are 6 types of federal subjects—24  republics, 9  krais, 48  oblasts, 3 federal cities, 1  autonomous oblast, and 4 autonomous okrugs. Autonomous okrugs are the only ones ...
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Druzhina, Sakha Republic
Druzhina () is a village in Abyysky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia, a port by the left bank of the Indigirka River. It is located in the Aby Lowland, about 2,800 km northeast of Yakutsk and 120 km southwest from the Belaya Gora, ulus' administrative center. Druzhina served as the administrative center of then Abyysky District (a predecessor of the modern Abyysky Ulus) until 1974. The village is reachable either by Indigirka or by winter road (''zimnik'') from Verkhoyansk. Main occupations of the dwindling population are fishing and hunting. The village has a meteorological station. See also *Druzhina River The Druzhina (russian: Дружи́на) is a river in Yakutia in Russia, a left tributary of the Indigirka. Course It has its source at the Ulakhan-Koyol Lake. The river flows eastwards, meandering across a lake-dotted area of the Aby Lowland. ... References Rural localities in Abyysky District Indigirka basin {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub ...
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Suturuokha
__NOTOC__ Suturuokha (russian: Сутуруоха; sah, Сутуруоха) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Urasalakhsky Rural Okrug of Abyysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Belaya Gora, the administrative center of the district, on the opposite bank of the Indigirka river. Geography The village is located near the southern slopes of the Polousny Range west of the Indigirka River just above the Arctic Circle. Lake Suturuokha, one of the three largest lakes of the Aby Lowland, lies in the area. Demography Suturuokha's population as of the 2010 Census was 430,Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian CensusЧисленность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам(''Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities'') of whom ...
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