Lebediny (russian: Лебеди́ный; sah, Лебединай) 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

Aldansky District Aldansky District (russian: Алда́нский улу́с; sah, Алдан улууһа, ''Aldan uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 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 ...

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, located from

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, 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'' As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,058.

Etymology

"Lebediny" is a Russian adjective literally meaning ''swan-like'' or ''of the swan''; the name is said to refer to a local legend that swans rested here while migrating south for the winter.

History

It was founded in 1927 in connection to development of local gold deposits, with the Lebediny gold mine beginning operation in 1933.

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 ...

status was granted to it in 1967.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of LebedinyAccording 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'', Lebediny is the administrative center of the Settlement of Lebediny. is, together with one

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(the '' selo'' of

Orochen 1-y Orochen 1-y (russian: Орочен 1-й) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), one of four settlements, in addition to the Urban-type settlements of Leninsky, the administrative centre of the settlement, and Lebediny, and the village of Yakokut i ...

), incorporated within Aldansky 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 Lebediny. As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Lebediny and the Settlement of Leninsky are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as

Leninsky Urban Settlement Leninsky Urban Settlement or Leninskoye Urban Settlement is the name of several municipal formations in Russia. Modern urban settlements * Leninsky Urban Settlement, Sakha Republic, a municipal formation which the Settlements of Leninsky and Le ...

.Law #173-Z 353-III

Economy

Like nearby Yakokut and Leninsky, Lebediny is a gold-mining settlement. The

Amur–Yakutsk Mainline The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline (russian: Амуро-Якутская магистраль, ), abbreviated to AYaM (Russian АЯM), is a partially complete railway in eastern Russia, linking the Trans–Siberian Railway and Baikal–Amur Mainline ...

railway also passes adjacent to the settlement, which is serviced by Kosarevsky railway station.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Aldansky District
*

External links

Official website of Leninsky Urban Settlement
{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2014 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic