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Kivak
Providensky District (russian: Провиде́нский райо́н; Chukchi: , ''Urèlḳujym rajon''; Yupik: Уӷрилӄуйым район) is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #45-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the autonomous okrug, in the southern half of the Chukchi Peninsula with a northwest extension reaching almost to the Kolyuchinskaya Bay on the Arctic. It borders with Chukotsky District in the north, the Bering Sea in the east and south, and with Iultinsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Provideniya. Population: The population of Provideniya accounts for 50.2% of the district's total population. Geography The district lies in a mountainous region, with most of its inhabited localities found on the coast. Wetlands occupy the territory between mountain ranges and close to the shore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novoye Chaplino
Novoye Chaplino (russian: Новое Чаплино, Siberian Yupik: ''Ungaziq'') is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Novoye Chaplino is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District. In 2010, a law was passed abolishing the municipal rural settlement of Novoye Chaplino. The village continues to exist, but is now municipally part of Providenia Urban Settlement. History Origins The village was founded in 1960,Strogoff p.135 although some sources state that it was founded in 1958 as a result of the merging of several nearby coastal villages into one. Villages such as Unazik (lit "Bewhiskered" in Yupik and formerly an important local whaling centre), Kivak (lit. "Green Glade" in Yupik and the site of an ancient settlement several thousand years old) and Plover, as well as settlements from much further up the coast such as the now abandoned village of Naukan. Post-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yttygran Island
Yttygran Island ( rus, Итыгран; Eskimo–Aleut: ''Siklyuk'') is an island in the Bering Sea northwest of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka. Nowadays this island is popular with ecotourists. Beluga whales are common in the waters around Yttigran and neighbouring Arakamchechen islands. Geography Yttygran is located to the south of Arakamchechen Island and is separated from the continental shore by a sound that is only in its narrowest point. Penkigney Bay lies to the NW of the island. Yttigran is long and has a maximum width of . It has a mountainous interior. Administration Administratively Yttygran Island belongs to Providensky District, part the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. Whale Bone Alley Situated on the northern shore of Yttygran island (from the Chukchi ''Etgyran'', meaning "midway dwellings"), Whale Bone Alley consists of a large number of carefully arranged whale skulls, whale bones and stones, along with a considerable n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence Bay Region 1928
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Semyon Dezhnyov
Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnyov ( rus, Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪˈʐnʲɵf; sometimes spelled Dezhnyov; c. 1605 – 1673) was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific. His exploit was forgotten for almost a hundred years and Bering is usually given credit for discovering the strait that bears his name. Biography Dezhnyov was a Pomor Russian, born about 1605, possibly in the town of Veliky Ustyug or the village of Pinega. According to the anthropologist Lydia T. Black, Dezhnyov was recruited for Siberian service in 1630, possibly as a service man or government agent. He served for eight years in Tobolsk and Yeniseisk, and then went to Yakutia in 1639, or possibly earlier. He is said to have been a member of the Cossack detachment under Beketov, who is cred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polynya
A polynya () is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as a geographical term for an area of unfrozen seawater within otherwise contiguous pack ice or fast ice. It is a loanword from the Russian полынья (), which refers to a natural ice hole and was adopted in the 19th century by polar explorers to describe navigable portions of the sea. There are two main types of polynyas: coastal polynyas, which can be found year-round near the Antarctic and Arctic coasts and are mainly created by strong winds pushing the ice away from the coast, and mid-sea or open-ocean polynyas, which may be found more sporadically in the middle of ice pack in certain locations, especially around Antarctica. These locations are generally preconditioned by certain oceanic dynamics. One of the most famous mid-sea polynyas is the Weddell Polynya, also known as the Maud Rise Polynya, which occurs in the Lazarev Sea over the Maud Rise seamount. It was first spotted in September 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowhead Whale
The bowhead whale (''Balaena mysticetus'') is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and the only living representative of the genus ''Balaena''. They are the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and subarctic waters, and are named after their characteristic massive triangular skull, which they use to break through Arctic ice. Other common names of the species are the Greenland right whale, Arctic whale, and Arviq in aboriginal languages ( Inuktitut). American whalemen called them the steeple-top, polar whale, or Russian whale. Bowheads have the largest mouth of any animal representing almost one-third of the length of the body, the longest baleen plates with a maximum length of and may be the longest-lived mammals, with the ability to reach an age of more than 200 years. The bowhead was an early whaling target. Their population was severely reduced before a 1966 moratorium was passed to protect the species. Of the five stocks of bowhead population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arakamchechen Island
Arakamchechen Island ( rus, Аракамчечен; Eskimo–Aleut: ''Kigini'') is an island in the Bering Sea. Geography Arakamchechen lies north of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka. It is separated from the continental shore by an 8 km wide sound. This island is inhabited; the main settlement is Yanrakynnot village. Arakamchechen Island is 32 km long and has a maximum width of 21 km. It has a mountainous interior. South of it lies Yttygran Island and west of it Penkigney Bay. There is a 5 km wide sound between the two islands. Administration Administratively Arakamchechen Island belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. Nowadays this island is popular with tourists who come to enjoy the wildlife. Many walrus The walrus (''Odobenus rosmarus'') is a large pinniped, flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sireniki
Sireniki (russian: Сиреники; Yupik language, Yupik: Сиӷинык, literally ''Mountain of Horns''; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Vutèèn''; Sirenik Eskimo language, Sirenik: ''Sigheneg'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, village (''village#Russia, selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District, Far Eastern federal districts of Russia, Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Sireniki is subordinated to Providensky/Providenia Municipal District. In 2010, a law was passed abolishing the municipal rural settlement of Sireniki. The village continues to exist, but is now municipally part of Providenia Urban Settlement. Geography The placement of the settlement owes much to a sizeable polynya at the shore of the village, allowing the inhabitants to hunt all year round. The village is situated north of Cape Stoletiya and Southeast of Cape Zelyony [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanrakynnot
Yanrakynnot (russian: Янракыннот) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.Directive #517-rp Population: Municipally, Yanrakynnot is a part of Yanrakynnot Rural Settlement in Providensky Municipal District.Law #45-OZ Etymology Its name is derived from the Chukchi word for "detached, firm land",Strogoff, p. 135 although other sources translate it as "the lonely stand", and others still say it means "hard place". History Like many of the small rural localities in Chukotka, the amenities of Yanrakynnot were affected by the dissolution of the Soviet Union; the eight-grade school, for example, was downgraded to just a four-grade school. Geography Yanrakynnot is located on the shores of the Venetken (lit. "curved") lagoon, linked to the administrative center of the district, the urban-type settlement of Provideniya, by an unpaved road. Demographics The population according to the most recent census data is 338, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunligran
Nunligran (russian: Нунлигран; ckt, Нунлыгран, ''Nunlygran'') is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky Municipal District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Nunligran is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and incorporated as Nunligran Rural Settlement. Geography The settlement, about 180 km from Provideniya is a Chukchi village that replaced a Yupik village, indeed the name is derived from a combination of the two languages: "Nunalyk", the Yupik for "having a village" and "Ran", the Chukchi word for "Dwelling". It is not clear whether the Chukchi gradually became the dominant race in the village or whether they forced the Yupik out. The village is situated on the shore of the Achchen lagoon, separated from the Bering Sea by a sandy spit. Demographics The population according to the most recent census data is 360, of whom 191 were male and 169 female, a slight reduction on a 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enmelen
Enmelen (russian: Энмеле́н; Chukchi: , ''Ènmyḷ'yn''; Yupik: ) is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Enmelen is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District and incorporated as Enmelen Rural Settlement. Geography Enmelen (lit. "craggy" in Chukchi) is situated near Cape Bering well over 200 km from Provideniya. The settlement is not connected by road to any other places. It is populated by a mixture of Chukchi and Yupik and near the village is the site of an ancient Yupik settlement. Demographics The population according to the most recent census data was 367, of whom 188 were male and 179 female, a slight decrease on a 2006 estimate of 390.Strogoff, p.133 Economy The village is supported by a combination of reindeer herding and the hunting of sea mammals. Climate Enmelen has an arctic climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaranga
A Yaranga ( Chukchi: ) is a tent-like traditional mobile home of some nomadic Northern indigenous peoples of Russia, such as Chukchi and Siberian Yupik. A Yaranga is a cone-shaped or rounded reindeer-hide tent. It is built of a light wooden frame covered with reindeer skins or canvas sewn together. The word ''yaranga'' comes from the Chukchi word for house: ''jaraŋə'' (Cyrillic: яраӈы). In Russian use, the terms chum, yurt and yaranga may be used interchangeably. Chauchu Chukchi It is built of a light wooden frame covered with reindeer skins sewn together. A medium-size yaranga requires about 50 skins. A large yaranga is hard to completely heat up. There is a smaller cabin called a polog built inside it, that can be kept warm and cozy. Siberian Yupik and Anqallyt Chukchi The most numerous of the Siberian Yupik peoples, the Chaplino Eskimos (Ungazigmit) had a round, dome-shaped building for winter. Literature refers to it as a "yaranga", the same term which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
