Lorino (russian: Лорино; Chukchi: , ''Ḷ'urèn'', lit. ''found camp'';V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, ''Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР'' (''Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR'') (1989) Magadan. p.329 Naukan: ''Lluughraq'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Chukotsky District of

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

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. It is located on the boundary of the

Chukchi Sea Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west ...

and the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Am ...

. Population: Municipally, Lorino is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and incorporated as Lorino Rural Settlement.

Geography

Lorino is the largest indigenous village in the whole autonomous okrug and larger even than

Lavrentiya Lavrentiya (russian: Лавре́нтия, Yupik: Ӄышы; Chukchi: Ӄытрын, ''Ḳytryn''; Naukan: ''Qerre'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, locate ...

, the administrative centre of the district, which is found to the north-west. The village is located on the shores of the Bering Sea, on the Mechigmen spit. it is 40.5 km to the district centre.''Село Лорино''
(''Lorino Village'') Chukotka Electoral Commission Website Near the village are the Lorinski (Kukunyskie) hot springs.

History

The name "Lorino" comes from the Chukchi "льурэн" (''lyuren''), meaning "found camp".Strogoff, p. 114 The first mention of Lorino comes from the 18th century, with the modern Chukchi village located on the site of the former Eskimo settlement of Nukak The main occupations of the inhabitants are sea mammal hunting, reindeer herding and fishing and the village is the base for the municipal agricultural enterprise "Keper" (russian: Кэпэр). A fox farm was established in the village in 1955 and a processing factory for seafood and meat canning was opened in 2009.

Culture

The area around the village was used as the setting for the film ''The Chief of Chukotka''. The Lorino hot springs are located from the village. The village has a high school, a daycare center, a boarding school, a cultural center, a food store, a hospital, a post-office, and a breeding farm with more than 300 Arctic foxes. The ''Lorino Dawns'' native ensemble under the guidance of N. Ginuntegin is based in the village.

Demographics

The population as of the official 2010 census results was 1267, of whom 628 were male and 639 female. This is a reduction on a 2003 estimate by Red Cross Chukotka as 1,419,Red Cross of Chukotka
Chukotsky District
(Archived) of which 1,288 were indigenous peoples.

Transport

The village of Lorino is linked to Lavrentiya by a unpaved road. There is, however, a small number of roads within the settlement including: * Улица Гагарина (Ulitsa Gagarina, lit. ''Gagarin Street'') * Улица Енок (Ulitsa Yenok) * Улица Ленина (Ulitsa

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a, lit. ''Lenin Street'') * Улица Челюскинцев (Ulitsa Chelyuskintsev, lit ''Chelyuskin Street'') * Улица Чукотская (Ulitsa Chukotskaya, lit. ''Chukotka Street'')

Climate

Lorino has a

Tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mou ...

climate (''ET'')McKnight and Hess, pp.235-7 because the warmest month has an average temperature between and .

Gallery

File:Lorino 1 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino (Bering Sea, Russia, 65°30’N, 171°42’W) File:Lorino 2 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino File:Soviet Apartments, Lorino.jpg, Soviet era apartments
in Lorino File:Soviet Guard Tower, Lorino.jpg, Soviet era guard tower File:Lorino 3 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino,
Telecommunication station File:Lorino 4 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino,
Power station File:Lorino 5 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino,
former fox farm File:Fox Farm, Lorino.jpg, Fox farm (details) File:Lorino 6 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino,
boat landing pad with road to community center File:Lorino 7 2013-08-04.jpg, Lorino,
sled dogs teams at the beach File:Female Dancers 2, Lorino.jpg, Female dancers File:Boy in Traditional Costume, Lorino.jpg, Boy in traditional costume

References

Notes

Sources

* * * *Strogoff, M, Brochet, P-C and Auzias, D
''Petit Futé: Chukotka''
"Avant-Garde" Publishing House, 2006. {{Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukchi Sea Road-inaccessible communities of Russia