Mirny ( rus, Мирный, p=ˈmʲirnɨj, lit. ''peaceful''; ) is a

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and the

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Mirninsky District Mirninsky District (; , ''Miiriney uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is locate ...

in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...

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, located on the Irelyakh River (

Vilyuy The Vilyuy ( rus, Вилю́й, p=vʲɪˈlʲʉj; , ''Bülüü'', ) is a river in Russia, the longest tributary of the Lena (river), Lena. About long, it flows mostly within the Sakha Republic. Its basin covers about . History The river is first ...

's basin), west of

Yakutsk Yakutsk ( ) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the ...

, the

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of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 37,188.

History

Mirny was founded in 1955 after the discovery of a nearby

kimberlite pipe Volcanic pipes or volcanic conduits are subterranean geological structures formed by the violent, supersonic eruption of deep-origin volcanoes. They are considered to be a type of '' diatreme''. Volcanic pipes are composed of a deep, narrow cone o ...

by an expedition led by Yury Khabardin. Town status was granted to it in 1959.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mirny serves as the

. As an inhabited locality, Mirny is classified as a town under republic jurisdiction. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Mirninsky District as the

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Mirny. As a municipal division, the Town of Mirny is incorporated within Mirninsky Municipal District as Mirny Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z #353-III

Climate

Mirny has an extreme

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

, with short, warm summers, and long, severely cold winters. Like much of interior

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, the climate is pretty dry, but summer sees significantly more precipitation than other times of the year.

Economy

The

Mir mine The Mir mine (, ; ), also called the Mirny mine, is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Sakha Republic, in the Siberian region of eastern Russia. The mine is more than 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world), has a diameter of 1,200 ...

is located within the town. It is an

open pit mine Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or r ...

, which, with the depth of and a diameter of is reckoned to be the second largest in the world. Production was stopped in 2004, and the mine was permanently closed in 2011, due to reduced recovery and the costs of working in the far northern climate.

Transportation

The town is served by the

Mirny Airport Mirny Airport (; ) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located east of the mining town of Mirny. It handles medium-sized aircraft and supports 24-hour flight operations. Mirny airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 3. The airport i ...

. Safety concerns have been raised about aircraft operations near to the open diamond mine; helicopters are forbidden to pass over the abandoned workings.

Education

The

Mirny Polytechnic Institute The Mirny Polytechnic Institute (located in Mirny, Yakutsk) is a branch of the North-Eastern Federal University. It was founded on 2 March 1994. Its foundation and the dynamic development took place due to the decision of Mikhail Nikolayev, t ...

, a branch of the

North-Eastern Federal University The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in Russian: ''Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова''; in Sakha: ''М. К. Аммуоhа ...

, operates in the town.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Mirninsky District
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External links

Official website of Mirny
{{Authority control Cities and towns in the Sakha Republic Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1955 1955 establishments in Russia Mirninsky District