Yanrakynnot (russian: Янракыннот) is a

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 ...

(a '' selo'') in

Providensky District 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 ...

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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.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 dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

; 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 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, the

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 ...

Provideniya Provideniya ( rus, Провиде́ния, p=prəvʲɪˈdʲenʲɪjə; Chukchi language, Chukchi: ) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Providensky District of Ch ...

, by an unpaved road.

Demographics

The population according to the most recent census data is 338, of whom 185 were male and 153 female, a slight increase on a 2008 estimate of 330.Yanrakynnot Area
– Beringia Park Website

Economy

Yanrakynnot is a traditional Chukchi locality, with the economy being dominated by whaling. The locality also serves as a base for those wishing to visit Whale Bone Alley on

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 wa ...

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 ...

Climate

Yanrakynnot has a

tundra climate The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. undra climate https://www.britannica.com/science/tundra-climateThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019 It is classified as ET according to Köppen ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

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

Gallery

File:Market in Yanrakinnot.jpg, Market in Yanrakynnot File:Meat House.jpg, Meat drying outside File:Elders Playing Drums.jpg, Elder men playing sealskin drum File:Elders Dancing.jpg, Two elder ladies dancing File:Children in Yanrakinnot.jpg, Two children

References

Notes

Sources

*W. K. Dallmann
Indigenous Peoples of the north of the Russian Federation
Map 3.6, ''Chukotskiy Avtonomyy Okrug''. 1997. * * * * *I. Krupnik and N. Vakhti
In the 'House of Dismay': Knowledge, Culture and Post-Soviet Politics in Chukotka, 1995-6
(2002) in ''People and the Land. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia'', ed. E. Kasten *M Strogoff, P-C Brochet, and D. Auzia
''Petit Futé: Chukotka''
(2006). "Avant-Garde" Publishing House. {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Providensky District