Deputatsky (; ) is an urban locality (an

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) and the

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of Ust-Yansky District in the

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, located in the Selennyakh Range, about north-northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,983.

Geography

Deputatsky is spread out along a section of the Oyun-Unguokhtakh River, up to its mouth on the Irgichyan, which becomes a source of the Uyandina River.

History

It was founded in 1951 as a mining settlement, exploiting nearby deposits of tin. In its early years, its workforce included

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prisoners. In 1958, Deputatsky was granted

status.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' In 1967, it replaced the '' selo'' of Kazachye as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District. Due to the downturn in the mining industry following the

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, more than three-quarters of population left during the 1990s. However, mine production continued and the population decline slowed down.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of DeputatskyAccording 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'', Deputatsky is the administrative center of the Settlement of Deputatsky. serves as the

of Ust-Yansky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ust-Yansky District as the Settlement of Deputatsky. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Deputatsky is incorporated within Deputatsky Municipal District as Deputatsky Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z #353-III

Transportation

Deputatsky is reachable by road to Ust-Kuyga, away on the Yana River. From there, a winter road (''zimnik'') leads through Batagay and the Verkhoyansk Range to Topolinoye, from where the Kolyma Highway is accessible. An unmaintained winter road heads east from Deputatsky down the Uyandina Valley to Belaya Gora. A small airport on the northern edge of the settlement (ICAO-Code UEWD) provides air service.

Climate

Deputatsky has an extreme

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(

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''Dfc'' bordering on ''Dfd''). Winters are prolonged and bitterly cold, with up to seven months of sub-zero high

temperatures Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. It reflects the average kinetic energy of the vibrating and colliding atoms making up a subst ...

, so that the

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remains permanently frozen.

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and

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cover most of the region. Average temperatures range from in January to in July.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Ust-Yansky District
* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2015 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic