Leningradsky
Ленинградский
Urban-type settlement[1]
(abolished)
Abandoned apartment block and piano in Leningradsky
Abandoned apartment block and piano in Leningradsky
Location of Leningradsky
Map
Leningradsky is located in Russia
Leningradsky
Leningradsky
Location of Leningradsky
Leningradsky is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Leningradsky
Leningradsky
Leningradsky (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 69°22′06″N 178°25′00″E / 69.36833°N 178.41667°E / 69.36833; 178.41667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative districtIultinsky District
Founded1966Edit this on Wikidata
Abolished1998[2]
 • Municipal districtIultinsky District
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 Edit this on Wikidata[3])
Postal code(s)[4]
689365
OKTMO ID77715000061

Leningradsky (Russian: Ленингра́дский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) west of Mys Shmidta. Population: 764 (2002 Census);[1] 3,606 (1989 Census).[5]

History

The settlement was founded in order to provide accommodation for the workers and administrators of the nearby gold mines. When it was decided that the mines were no longer economically viable, the settlement was slated to be officially liquidated in 1998,[6] a few years after it was decided to liquidate the neighbouring settlement of Polyarny,[7] another settlement established purely to exploit the mineral wealth of the area.

Once the mines were declared unprofitable and that there was no possibility of developing any other form of economy in 1999 and the settlement was closed along with a number of others in Chukotka.[2] The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Leningradsky from Chukotka to other parts of Russia.[2] The Ministry of railways was obliged to lease containers for the transportation of the migrants' goods to the Chukotkan administration and ensure that they were delivered to the various settlements.[2] The population table below shows the impact on the settlement as a result of the closure of the mines.

Demographic Evolution
1979 1989 2002
2665[8] 3606[9] 764[10]

The population was moved to other regions within the country however, due to a lack of suitable housing in many of these regions there was still a small population living in the settlement in 2000, hoping to become eligible for housing subsidy.[6]

In 2005, there was a rebellion by a group of soldiers in the region. Drunk and bored with their duties in the far north, they took weapons and vodka and went to Leningradsky, seized the local store there and began to have a party, drinking and firing shots into the air. The police and FSB were notified and a seven-hour battle took place with fatalities on both sides before the rebellion was quashed.[11]

Economy

The population's occupations are primarily fishing in the nearby Chukchi Sea and gold mining, with the region's three main prospecting teams – Polyarnaya,[6] Arktika and Shakhtar, being based in Leningradsky.[12] Mys Shmidta Airport is located to the east of the town on the outskirts of Mys Shmidta and along with the port is the prime means of supply for the settlement. Leningradsky is currently in the process of being liquidated.[13] The prospecting team Shakhtar has been employing about 50 men for the last two decades,[14] mostly from Ukraine[14] who spend six months a year working in Chukotka and then six back at home on the "mainland".[14] The gold is mined alluvially, with a ton of rock having to be washed to produce a gram of gold.[14]

Transport

Leningradsky is not connected by road to anywhere else but there is a small road system within the settlement, including:[15]

Climate

Leningradsky has a tundra climate (ET) with short, chilly summers and long, bitterly cold winters that last most of the year.

Climate data for Leningradsky, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −7.8
(18.0) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		1.8
(35.2) 		5.2
(41.4) 		9.7
(49.5) 		25.7
(78.3) 		26.9
(80.4) 		18.9
(66.0) 		16.4
(61.5) 		4.7
(40.5) 		12.3
(54.1) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		26.9
(80.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −15.4
(4.3) 		−15.9
(3.4) 		−17.4
(0.7) 		−11.8
(10.8) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		4.8
(40.6) 		8.5
(47.3) 		5.8
(42.4) 		0.8
(33.4) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−11.3
(11.7) 		−14.3
(6.3) 		−6.3
(20.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −17.6
(0.3) 		−18.2
(−0.8) 		−21.1
(−6.0) 		−16.4
(2.5) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		0.3
(32.5) 		3
(37) 		1.6
(34.9) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−9.1
(15.6) 		−13
(9) 		−17.1
(1.2) 		−9.6
(14.7)
Record low °C (°F) −39
(−38) 		−40.2
(−40.4) 		−38.9
(−38.0) 		−33
(−27) 		−22.4
(−8.3) 		−7
(19) 		−13.2
(8.2) 		−5.8
(21.6) 		−16
(3) 		−22.9
(−9.2) 		−33.2
(−27.8) 		−40
(−40) 		−40.2
(−40.4)
Average snowy days 14 11 7 10 13 5 1 3 11 13 16 17 121
Source: [16]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b c d Постановление Правительства РФ от 2 февраля 1998 г. N 128 О мерах социальной защиты населения ликвидируемых поселков золотодобытчиков в Чукотском автономном округe (Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug).
  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  6. ^ a b c Leningradsky – www.dead-cities.ru (in Russian)
  7. ^ Постановление Правительства РФ от 24 мая 1995 г. N 518 О мерах социальной защиты населения поселка Полярный Шмидтовского района Чукотского автономного округа, связанной с ликвидацией поселка и переходом Полярнинского горно-обогатительного комбината на новую технологию добычи золота. (On measures for the social protection of the population of Polyarny, Shmidtovsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, associated with the elimination of the village, the Polyarninskogo ore-dressing and processing enterprise and on new technology of extracting gold).
  8. ^ Перепись населения СССР 1979 года Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine 1979 census of the Soviet Union
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения РСФСР, ее территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу Archived 2013-01-31 at the Wayback Machine All-Union census, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in the federal districts, towns, rural settlements and regional centres with a population of more than 3,000.
  10. ^ Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine 2002 Russian Census
  11. ^ Newspaper report on soldiers' rebellion (in Russian)
  12. ^ Strogoff, p.34
  13. ^ Law #33, Article 14.2
  14. ^ a b c d Dmitry Likhanov, Russia's Gold Coast Photo-journalism article from Russia: Beyond the Headlines, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
  15. ^ Leningradsky, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Pochtovik Mail Delivery Service (in Russian)
  16. ^ "Weather Averages for Leningradsky, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 4, 2012.

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