Belaya Gora (russian: Бе́лая Гора́; sah, Үрүҥ хайа) 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 ...

) and 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 Abyysky District in 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 ...

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, located on the right bank of the

Indigirka River The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The is ...

, approximately downstream of its

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with its

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the

Uyandina 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 ...

, 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

of Abyysky District, to replace the previous settlement of

Druzhina In the medieval history of Kievan Rus' and Early Poland, a druzhina, drużyna, or družyna ( Slovak and cz, družina; pl, drużyna; ; , ''druzhýna'' literally a "fellowship") was a retinue in service of a Slavic chieftain, also called ''knyaz ...

, which was located upstream on the

Indigirka The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana (river), Yana to the west and the Kolyma River, Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its ...

and was often subject to flooding. It was granted

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

of Abyysky District. As an administrative division, the

of Belaya GoraAccording 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'', Belaya Gora is the administrative center of the Settlement of Belaya Gora. is incorporated within Abyysky District 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 (fin ...

of Belaya Gora. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Belaya Gora is incorporated within Abyysky Municipal District as Belaya Gora Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III

Transportation

Belaya Gora is not connected to the outside world by any year-round roads. A

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 an ...

following the

, partially on the ice of the river when frozen, passes through, allowing for travel downstream to

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 wa ...

and upstream to

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 permanentl ...

via

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 K ...

. Another route exists, which leads west from Belaya Gora, up the valley of the Uyadina, to the mining settlement of

Deputatsky 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 t ...

; however, this route is no longer maintained. The

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 List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental count ...

is located a short distance to the northeast.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Abyysky District
* * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2014 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic Road-inaccessible communities of the Sakha Republic