Yanranay (russian: Янранай; ckt, Янраӈай, ''Janraňaj'') is a

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(a '' selo'') in

Chaunsky District Chaunsky District (russian: Ча́унский райо́н; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Čaan rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #46-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, si ...

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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, located just to the west of

Pevek Pevek (russian: Певе́к; Chukchi: , ''Pèèkin'' / ''Pèèk'') is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a pe ...

. Population: Municipally, Yanranay is subordinated to Chaunsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Yanranay Rural Settlement.

History

Yanranay was founded in 1954 or 1960 when several formerly nomadic enterprises were grouped together to form

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...

es (collective farms). The Chukchi who live here originally came from Cape Shelag, to the north.Official website of Chaunsky District
About the district
Modern Yanranay is a typical ethnic Chukotkan village, consisting of one- or two-story houses, with basic facilities including a school, stores, a library, and a House of Culture. The name for the village translates from the Chukchi as "Solitary Mountain" as the settlement is at the foot of a mountain of the same name.

Change in municipal status

Prior to October 2010, Yanranay served as 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 Yanranay Rural Settlement—a municipal division of Chaunsky Municipal District. On October 20, 2010, Yanranay Rural Settlement was abolished with its territory merged into Pevek Urban Settlement. As an inhabited locality, however, the status of Yanranay remains unchanged.

Demographics

The population according to the 2010 census was 217, of whom 113 were male and 104 female. According to the official Chaunsky District website was estimated at 209, down slightly from 226 in 2005 according to an environmental impact report produced for the Kupol Gold Project,Bema Gold Corporation, p.87 which itself was down slightly on a 2003 estimate of 240,Strogoff, p. 110 most of whom are of Chukchi descent.

Transportation

Yanranay is only connected by a dirt road to Pevek, with a journey time of 40–50 minutes.

Climate

Yanranay 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 moun ...

climate (''ET'')McKnight and Hess, pp.235–237 because the warmest month has an average temperature between and .

References

Notes

Sources

*Bema Gold Corporation
Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia
June 2005. * * * *M Strogoff, P-C Brochet, and D. Auzia
''Petit Futé: Chukotka''
(2006). "Avant-Garde" Publishing House. {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Populated places of Arctic Russia