Ust-Belaya

Ust-Belaya (English)
Усть-Белая (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Ust-Belaya
Location of Ust-Belaya in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 65°29′N 173°17′E / 65.483°N 173.283°E / 65.483; 173.283Coordinates: 65°29′N 173°17′E / 65.483°N 173.283°E / 65.483; 173.283
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district Anadyrsky District
Municipal status (as of October 2010)
Municipal district Anadyrsky Municipal District[2]
Rural settlement Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 856 inhabitants[3][4]
Population (January 2014 est.) 805 inhabitants[5]
Time zone PETT (UTC+12:00)[6]
Postal code(s)[7] 689540
Dialing code(s) +7 42732[8]

Ust-Belaya (Russian: Усть-Бе́лая) is a rural locality (a selo) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the confluence of the Anadyr and the Belaya Rivers.[9] Population: 856 (2010 Census);[3] Municipally, the settlement is subordinated to Anadyrsky Municipal District and incorporated as Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement.[2]

Geography

The settlement lies on the banks of the Belaya River (so called because of the contrast between its waters and those of the Anadyr[10]), near to where it flows into the Anadyr River.[11] The village is situated on the northern slopes of the mountain, Gynryretyk (Russian: Гынрырэтык, literally meaning "The Guardian").[10]

History

The area in the vicinity of the settlement was populated during neolithic times, and a toggled harpoon head found in a grave indicated that there was a viable walrus hunting economy present in the area around 3000 BCE.[12] Furthermore, in the 1950s, the archeologist N.N. Dikov identified a burial site for a previously unknown people, who have been named after the village as the Ust-Belayan culture.[10] Several Neolithic sites have been discovered in the vicinity of the village, on the banks of the river[10] and at the eastern end of the settlement an ancient cemetery was partially destroyed during the construction of some warehouses.[10]

The settlement was established by villagers from Markovo towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century,[13] and is one of the oldest settlements in Chukotka.[11] At the begninning of the twentieth century, V.Z. Niulin moved here from the village of Markovo with approximately twenty other families from other camps in the surrounding area. in 1927, Nikulin opened a school in the village and the following year established a hospital. In 1930, a collective farm was established in the village and named "The First Revolutionary Committee of Chukotka". For the next five years, Ust-Belaya was the administrative centre of Anadyrsky District. The village is located in the immediate area where famous Chukchi reindeer herder Tenevil lived and the main economic driver of the settlement is still traditional reindeer husbandry aided by the fact that more than two thirds of the population of the village are of indigenous origin.[13]

Currently, Ust-Belaya has a secondary school, an arts school, kindergarten, post office, communications center, a shop, a bakery and a hotel. There is also a weather station called "Muhomornaya" andsmall Orthodox chapel.[14]

Demographics

Population as of 2010 was 856,[3] of whom 436 were male and 420 were female,[4] a slight decrease on a 2005 estimate according to an environmental impact report prepared for the Kupol gold project, which placed the population at 869,[15] down from 936, in 2003.[16] Of the people living in the village in 2005, 685 were reported to be of indigenous origin.[17]

Climate

Ust-Belaya has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).[18]

Climate data for Ust-Belaya
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −0.8
(30.6)		 5.7
(42.3)		 12
(54)		 8.1
(46.6)		 19
(66)		 32
(90)		 33
(91)		 27.9
(82.2)		 18.2
(64.8)		 10
(50)		 16.3
(61.3)		 1
(34)		 33
(91)
Average high °C (°F) −19.7
(−3.5)		 −20.4
(−4.7)		 −16.8
(1.8)		 −10
(14)		 3.5
(38.3)		 14.9
(58.8)		 17.1
(62.8)		 13.6
(56.5)		 6.5
(43.7)		 −6.1
(21)		 −17.1
(1.2)		 −20.6
(−5.1)		 −4.6
(23.7)
Average low °C (°F) −24.3
(−11.7)		 −26.9
(−16.4)		 −26.1
(−15)		 −20.6
(−5.1)		 −5
(23)		 4.1
(39.4)		 7.2
(45)		 4.5
(40.1)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 −12.5
(9.5)		 −23.4
(−10.1)		 −25.9
(−14.6)		 −12.6
(9.3)
Record low °C (°F) −55.1
(−67.2)		 −52
(−62)		 −49.9
(−57.8)		 −43.2
(−45.8)		 −28.9
(−20)		 −5.6
(21.9)		 5.6
(42.1)		 −7.2
(19)		 −17
(1)		 −37
(−35)		 −46.7
(−52.1)		 −50
(−58)		 −55.1
(−67.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 15
(0.59)		 12
(0.47)		 6
(0.24)		 15
(0.59)		 9
(0.35)		 27
(1.06)		 54
(2.13)		 36
(1.42)		 18
(0.71)		 18
(0.71)		 15
(0.59)		 12
(0.47)		 237
(9.33)
Average snowy days 15 14 11 11 8 1 0 0 4 13 12 17 106
Source: [19]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #148-OZ, Article 10
  3. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. 1 2 The results of the 2010 Census are given for Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Anadyrsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Ust-Belaya is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement.
  5. ↑ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2014 года (Russian)
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Pochtovik Russian Mail Delivery Service Anadyrsky District (Russian)
  8. ↑ Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Anadyrsky Municipal District (Russian)
  9. ↑ Strogoff, p. 92
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Ust Belaya - Chukotka Electoral Commission
  11. 1 2 Rural Settlement of Ust-Belaya - Anadyrsky Municipal District official website
  12. ↑ Pitul'ko, p.421ff.
  13. 1 2 Red Cross Chukotka - Anadyrsky District (Archived)
  14. ↑ Официальный сайт Анадырской и Чукотской епархии (Official website of Anadyr and Chukotka Diocese) - photos of the chapel
  15. ↑ Bema Gold Corporation, p.87
  16. ↑ Anadyrsky District - Official Chukotka Website
  17. ↑ Bema Gold Corporation, p.88
  18. ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp.232-5
  19. ↑ "Weather Averages for Ust-Belaya from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 8, 2012.

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