Belaya Gora (; , ''Ürüŋ xaya'') is an urban locality (an

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) and the

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of Abyysky District in the

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, located on the right bank of the

Indigirka River The Indigirka (; ) 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 isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...

, approximately downstream of its

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with its

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the Uyandina, 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 A druzhina is the Slavonic word for a retinue in service of a chieftain, also called a ''knyaz'' (prince). Kievan Rus' ''Druzhina'' was flexible both as a term and as an institution. At its core, it referred to the prince's permanent perso ...

, which was located upstream on the

Indigirka The Indigirka (; ) 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 isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...

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 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. Segments of a winter road that cross an expanse of flo ...

following the

, partially on the ice of the river when frozen, passes through, allowing for travel downstream to Chokurdakh and upstream to Ust-Nera via Khonuu. Another route exists, which leads west from Belaya Gora, up the valley of the Uyadina, to the mining settlement of Deputatsky; however, this route is no longer maintained. The Belaya Gora Airport 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