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Srednekolymsk

Town under district jurisdiction in Sakha Republic, Russia

Srednekolymsk Среднеколымск
Town under district jurisdiction[1]
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• Yakut	Орто Халыма
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Srednekolymsk
Srednekolymsk Location of Srednekolymsk Show map of Russia Srednekolymsk Srednekolymsk (Sakha Republic) Show map of Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 67°28′N 153°43′E / 67.467°N 153.717°E / 67.467; 153.717
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Srednekolymsky District[1]
Town	Srednekolymsk[1]
Founded	1644[1]
Town status since	1775
Government
• Body	Parbaala
• Hokage	Keskil Nikolaev
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	3,525
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	3,489 (−1%)
Administrative status
• Capitalof	Srednekolymsky District,[1] Town of Srednekolymsk[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Srednekolymsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Srednekolymsk Urban Settlement[4]
• Capitalof	Srednekolymsky Municipal District,[5] Srednekolymsk Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	678790, 678799
Dialing code(s)	+7 41156
OKTMOID	98646101001
Town Day	September 15

Srednekolymsk (Russian: Среднеколы́мск; Yakut: Орто Халыма, Orto Xalıma) is a town and the administrative centerofSrednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kolyma River, 1,485 kilometers (923 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,525.^[2]

History[edit]

When the Russians arrived in the 1640s, they built three forts on the Kolyma: Nizhnekolymsk, Srednekolymsk, and Verkhnekolymsk (i.e., lower, middle, and upper Kolymsk). They were about three days sled journey apart. Nizhnekolymsk was on the delta near the route to Anadyrsk. Srednekolymsk was at the head of navigation by seagoing koches, in forested country for good fur trapping and on the overland route to the Indigirka River. Verkhnekolymsk was smaller and upriver. The first fort (ostrog) was founded in 1644^[1]byMikhail Stadukhin.^{[citation needed]} Some^[who?] say that this was Nizhnekolymsk, but Fisher^[11] thinks that the original fort was Srednekolymsk and that the main Russian center was moved to Nizhnekolymsk by 1655 when the Anadyrsk route became important.

At some point the name was changed to Yarmanka, from the Russian word for "fair", referring to the annual gatherings of indigenous inhabitants of the area here in spring. The settlement grew over the next century, and was granted town status and its present name in 1775.^{[citation needed]}InImperial times, it was a destination for political exiles.

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Srendekolymsk serves as the administrative centerofSrednekolymsky District.^[1] As an inhabited locality, Srednekolymsk is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the seloofLobuya), incorporated within Srednekolymsky District as the Town of Srednekolymsk.^[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Srednekolymsk is incorporated within Srednekolymsky Municipal District as Srednekolymsk Urban Settlement.^[4]

Economy and infrastructure[edit]

The town is largely reliant on farming of reindeer, hunting for pelts, and fishing. A ice free port in the summer allows for goods to be shipped up river

Transportation[edit]

The town is served by the Srednekolymsk Airport (IATA: SEK). In the summer, river transport takes place, and in the winter, land transport can be performed on the ice.

Climate[edit]

Srednekolymsk has a dry and very cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), bordering on an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd), featuring with mild, sometimes hot, even very hot, but short summers and extremely brutal winters with almost no snowfall. The winter lasts from October until May and temperatures rise rapidly enough for Dahurian larch trees to be able to grow during the fleeting summer, before falling rapidly again in August and September. Temperatures often do not exceed 0 °C (32 °F) between late September and early May.

The midnight sun is above the horizon from 30 May to 13 July, the polar night last from 19 December to 24 December (6 days).

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Sources[edit]

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Srednekolymsky District. (in Russian)
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №172-З №351-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1535-З №597-V от 27 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 1 и 2 Закона Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 On Amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).