Allakh-Yun (russian: Алла́х-Юнь; sah, Ааллаах Үүн) is an urban locality (an

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, ab ...

) in

Ust-Maysky District Ust-Maysky District (russian: Усть-Ма́йский улу́с; sah, Уус-Маайа улууһа, ''Uus-Maaya uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...

of the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest 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 Eas ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, located from Ust-Maya, the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of the district,''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' in the

Yudoma-Maya Highlands The Yudoma-Maya Highlands ( rus, Юдомо-Майское нагорье, r=Yudomo-Maiskoye Nagorye; sah, Юдома-Маайа хаптал хайалаах сиринэн ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Far ...

on the right bank of the

Allakh-Yun River The Allakh-Yun (russian: Аллах-Юнь, sah, Ааллаах Үүн, ''Aallaax Üün'') is a river in Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Geography The ...

, after which it was named. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 96.

History

It was founded in the 1930s as the first gold prospecting center in the region and was granted

status in 1937. The surrounding territory was separated out of Ust-Maysky District in 1940 as Allakh-Yunsky District, with the administrative center in Allakh-Yun. In 1948, the administrative center was moved to

Eldikan Eldikan (russian: Эльдикан; sah, Элдьикээн, ''Elcikeen'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Aldan River, northeast of Ust-May ...

and in 1953, the district was merged back into Ust-Maysky District. With the cessation of mining activities in the 1990s, almost the entire population left.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Allakh-YunAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Allakh-Yun is the administrative center of the Settlement of Allakh-Yun. is incorporated within

as the

Settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...

of Allakh-Yun. Within the framework of municipal divisions, Allakh-Yun is located on the intersettlement territory of Ust-Maysky Municipal District.The urban-type settlement of Allakh-Yun is listed as a part of Ust-Maysky District in the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', but not as a part of any municipal formation in Ust-Maysky Municipal District in Law 173-Z #353-III. According to Law 173-Z #353-III, the territory of Ust-Maysky District not assigned to any urban or rural settlements in Ust-Maysky Municipal District is considered to be the municipal district's intersettlement territory.

Transportation

Allakh-Yun is at the end of a long road, which connects to the road from

Yugoryonok Yugoryonok (russian: Югорёнок) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Ust-Maya, the administrative center of the district,''Registry of the Administrative-Terr ...

. This is its only connection to the outside world, since the closure of the small local airport in the 1990s.

Climate

Allakh-Yun has a monsoon-influenced, extreme subarctic climate (Koppen climate classification ''Dwd'') with long, extremely cold and dry winters and short, very mild summers.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Ust-Maysky District
* {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2015 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic