Beringovsky (inhabited locality)

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Beringovsky (English)
Беринговский (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[1]

Aerial winter view of Beringovsky

Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Beringovsky
Location of Beringovsky in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 63°02′59″N 179°18′36″E / 63.04972°N 179.31000°E / 63.04972; 179.31000Coordinates: 63°02′59″N 179°18′36″E / 63.04972°N 179.31000°E / 63.04972; 179.31000
Administrative status (as of June 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[2]
Administrative district Anadyrsky District[2]
Municipal status (as of November 2008)
Municipal district Anadyrsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Beringovsky Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Beringovsky Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 1,401 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MAGT (UTC+12:00)[5]
Founded 1944[6]
Previous names Ugolny (until 1944),[6]
Beringovsky (until 1966),[6]
Nagorny (until 1975)[6]
Postal code(s)[7] 689100
Dialing code(s) +7 42733[8]

Beringovsky (Russian: Беринговский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, and a port on the Bering Sea. Population: 1,401 (2010 Census);[4] 1,998 (2002 Census);[9] 3,044 (1989 Census).[10]

History

The settlement was founded to provide a port for the nearby mines.

Soviet

The origins of modern Beringovsky are complicated. Following the discovery of a coal seam in the area towards the end of the first half of the 20th century, the first settlement was established in 1944 as Ugolny (not to be confused with Ugolnye Kopi, though both places were the site of mines as the names would suggest) to serve the new Bukhtugol mine. Following the establishment of Beringovsky District, Ugolny was renamed Beringovsky. Then, in 1975, the settlement was moved to a place called Nagorny, which was then renamed Beringovsky to provide continuity for the administrative centre.[6]

Post-Soviet

As with seemingly all settlements in the Russian Arctic, life in Beringovsky is traditionally hard. In the late 1990s, Beringovsky had a population of around 3,000 when all heating, water and electricity failed, creating an extremely serious situation in such a remote settlement. This problem was then further exacerbated by then-Governor Nazarov banning all outside reporters and researchers, both from Moscow and abroad from visiting the area as well as censoring outgoing mail and telegrams from the community.[11] Following this incident, sources report that by 2002, under a program of resettlement designed by Roman Abramovich and run by a private company established by the Okrug administration, Regionstroy, nearly the whole of the population of Beringovsky had been resettled by late 2002.[12] However, this does not seem to tally with the official census results for 2002. Thompson estimates the population of Beringovsky in the late 1990s as being around 3,000 however, census results for 2002 give a population of just under 2,000. This would not seem to indicate that almost the entire population had been resettled, unless the figures Thompson deals with are specific to Beringovsky, whilst the census figure includes populations for both Beringovsky and the adjacent settlement of Nagorny, since, in 2000, the neighbouring (and now former) settlement of Nagorny was merged with Beringovsky into one urban type settlement.[13] Further confusion is added as Thompson specifically refers to Beringovsky as being "in the process of official liquidation". However, to date Beringovsky has neither been liquidated nor is it in the process of liquidation and is included in all the relevant legal documentation as an extant settlement on both municipal[3] and administrative[1] levels.

The table below illustrates population levels over the last fifty years.

Demographic Evolution
1959 1970 1979 1989 2002 2009 2010
2788 2173[14] 2952[15] 3044[16] 1998[17] 1504 1408[18]

Administrative vs. municipal jurisdiction

Until July 2008, Beringovsky was a part of both Beringovsky Municipal and Beringovsky Administrative District and served as the administrative center of both. In May 2008, Beringovsky Municipal District was merged into Anadyrsky Municipal District;[19] however, this change did not affect the borders of Beringovsky Administrative District. Beringovsky continued to serve as the administrative center of the latter until June 2011, when Beringovsky Administrative District was merged into Anadyrsky Administrative District and ceased to exist.

Within the framework of municipal divisions, Beringovsky is incorporated as Beringovsky Urban Settlement.[3]

Economy

The economy of the settlement has traditionally been dominated by coal mining[12] and the majority of the current residents are involved either in the mining itself or the administrative side of the mining business. As a result of this, the indigenous proportion of the population is comparatively low compared to other settlements in the autonomous okrug, numbering around 350 as of 2006.[6]

Transportation

Beringovsky is not connected to any other inhabited place by permanent road[20] however, there is a small network of roads within the town including:[21]

  • Улицa В.Беринга (Ulitsa V. Beringa, lit. Vitus Bering Street)
  • Улицa Геологов (Ulitsa Geologov, lit. Geologists' Street)
  • Улицa Дежнева (Ulitsa Dezhneva, lit. Dezhnyov Street)
  • Улицa Мандрикова (Ulitsa Mandrikova)
  • Улицa Нагаева (Ulitsa Nagayeva)
  • Улицa Первого Ревкома Чукотки (Ulitsa Pervogo Revkoma Chukotki, lit. The First Revolutionary Committee Of Chukotka Street)
  • Улицa Строительная (Ulitsa Stroitelnaya, lit. Construction Street)
  • Улицa Шахтная (Ulitsa Shakhtnaya, lit. Mine Shaft Street)

Culture

Like Uelen to the northeast, Beringovsky is well known as being a centre for indigenous art, particularly whale bone carving.[6]

The Bering dialect of the Aleut language is not directly connected with this settlement, though both the dialect's and the settlement's name are derived from Vitus Bering.

Climate

Beringovsky has a Tundra climate (ET)[22] because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 and +10 °C (32 and 50 °F).

Climate data for Beringovsky
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 3.3
(37.9)		 3.4
(38.1)		 5.4
(41.7)		 4.6
(40.3)		 9.1
(48.4)		 22.8
(73)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.5
(81.5)		 17.7
(63.9)		 10.8
(51.4)		 6.2
(43.2)		 1.8
(35.2)		 27.5
(81.5)
Average high °C (°F) −13
(9)		 −14.5
(5.9)		 −13.2
(8.2)		 −7.7
(18.1)		 0.3
(32.5)		 7.9
(46.2)		 12.6
(54.7)		 11.8
(53.2)		 6.4
(43.5)		 −0.9
(30.4)		 −11.8
(10.8)		 −14.8
(5.4)		 −3.1
(26.4)
Average low °C (°F) −16.7
(1.9)		 −18
(0)		 −16.8
(1.8)		 −11.8
(10.8)		 −2.9
(26.8)		 2.6
(36.7)		 6.9
(44.4)		 6.9
(44.4)		 2.2
(36)		 −4.5
(23.9)		 −11.8
(10.8)		 −14.8
(5.4)		 −6.6
(20.1)
Record low °C (°F) −34.1
(−29.4)		 −32.8
(−27)		 −31
(−24)		 −25
(−13)		 −16.9
(1.6)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 0.4
(32.7)		 0
(32)		 −7.9
(17.8)		 −21
(−6)		 −27
(−17)		 −32
(−26)		 −34.1
(−29.4)
Rainfall mm (inches) 57
(2.24)		 36
(1.42)		 24
(0.94)		 27
(1.06)		 27
(1.06)		 27
(1.06)		 39
(1.54)		 60
(2.36)		 60
(2.36)		 54
(2.13)		 66
(2.6)		 63
(2.48)		 540
(21.26)
Avg. snowy days 19 14 15 15 17 3 0 0 4 17 17 20 141
Source: [23]

See also

  • List of inhabited localities in Anadyrsky District

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #33, Article 16.2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Directive #517-rp
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Law #148, Article 11
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Fute, pp. 93ff
  7. ↑ Russian Post. Beringovsky (Russian)
  8. ↑ Official website of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Information about Beringovsky District
  9. ↑ "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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  10. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  11. ↑ N. Thompson Administrative Resettlement and the Pursuit of Economy: The Case of Chukotka, p.281
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 N. Thompson Migration and Resettlement in Chukotka: A Research Note Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 45, Number 1, pp. 73-81 January–February 2004.
  13. ↑ Изменения в административно-территориальном устройстве субъектов Российской Федерации за 1989-2002 годы (Changes in administrative-territorial structure of subjects of the Russian Federation for the years 1989-2002)
  14. ↑ Перепись населения СССР 1970 года 1970 census of the Soviet Union
  15. ↑ Перепись населения СССР 1979 года 1979 census of the Soviet Union
  16. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения РСФСР, ее территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу All-Union census, the contituent entities of the Russian Federation, in the federal districts, towns, rural settlements and regional centres with a population of more than 3,000.
  17. ↑ 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 2002 Russian Census
  18. ↑ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по городам, посёлкам городского типа и районам на 1.01.2010 г. Russian Census - 2010
  19. ↑ Law #41, Article 1.4
  20. ↑ Map P-59-60 at Vlasenko.net
  21. ↑ Beringovsky - Beringovsky District at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
  22. ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp. 235-237
  23. ↑ "Weather Averages for Beringovsky from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 22, 2012. 

Sources

  • Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №33-ОЗ от 30 июня 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №55-ОЗ от 9 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чукотского автономного округа "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня его официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №7 (28), 14 мая 1999 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #33-OZ of June 30, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #55-OZ of June 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.).
  • Правительство Чукотского автономного округа. Распоряжение №517-рп от 30 декабря 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных и территориальных образований Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Распоряжения №323-рп от 27 июня 2011 г. «О внесении изменений в Распоряжение Правительства Чукотского автономного округа от 30 декабря 2008 года №517-рп». Опубликован: База данных "Консультант-плюс". (Government of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Directive #517-rp of December 30, 2008 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Formations of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Directive #323-rp of June 27, 2011 On Amending the Government of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Directive No. 517-rp of December 30, 2008. ).
  • Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №41-ОЗ от 30 мая 2008 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований Анадырский муниципальный район и Беринговский муниципальный район и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №71-ОЗ от 10 сентября 2010 г «Об упразднении сельского поселения Краснено Анадырского муниципального района Чукотского автономного округа и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чукотского автономного округа». Вступил в силу через десять дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №22/1 (349/1), 6 июня 2008 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #41-OZ of May 30, 2008 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations of Anadyrsky Municipal District and Beringovsky Municipal District an on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #71-OZ of September 10, 2009 On Abolishing Krasneno Rural Settlement of Anadyrsky Municipal District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and on Amending Several Legislative Acts of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Effective as of the day ten days after the official publication date.).
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  • McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate Zones and Types". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-020263-0. 
  • Petit Fute, Chukotka

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