Chersky (settlement)

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Chersky (English)
Черский (Russian)
Черскэй (Sakha)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Settlement[citation needed]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Chersky
Location of Chersky in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 68°45′07″N 161°19′52″E / 68.75194°N 161.33111°E / 68.75194; 161.33111Coordinates: 68°45′07″N 161°19′52″E / 68.75194°N 161.33111°E / 68.75194; 161.33111
Administrative status (as of 2010)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Nizhnekolymsky District[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 2,857 inhabitants[1]
Time zone MAGT (UTC+12:00)[2]
Founded 1931[citation needed]
Urban-type settlement status since 1963[citation needed]
Previous names Nizhniye Kresty (until until 1963)[citation needed]

Chersky (Russian: Че́рский; Sakha: Черскэй) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Kolyma River 1,920 kilometers (1,190 mi) east of Yakutsk. Population: 2,857 (2010 Census);[1] 3,832 (2002 Census);[3] 11,176 (1989 Census).[4]

History

The settlement was founded under the name Nizhniye Kresty in 1931, before receiving urban-type settlement status in 1963 and being renamed after Jan Czerski, a Polish geographer who organized several expeditions in the surrounding area in the 1880s. From 1950s to early 1990s Chersky hosted logistical wing for Drifting Ice stations, which run a supply route via the Zhokhov island.

Climate

Climate data for Chersky
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 3.1
(37.6)		 1.3
(34.3)		 3.4
(38.1)		 10.1
(50.2)		 27
(80.6)		 32.2
(90.0)		 35
(95.0)		 29.7
(85.5)		 23.7
(74.7)		 11.7
(53.1)		 5
(41.0)		 5.1
(41.2)		 35
(95)
Average high °C (°F) −29.3
(−20.7)		 −28.6
(−19.5)		 −20.1
(−4.2)		 −10.1
(13.8)		 4
(39.2)		 15.2
(59.4)		 17.3
(63.1)		 13.8
(56.8)		 6.3
(43.3)		 −7.6
(18.3)		 −20.5
(−4.9)		 −27.7
(−17.9)		 −7.27
(18.89)
Daily mean °C (°F) −32.5
(−26.5)		 −31.6
(−24.9)		 −24.1
(−11.4)		 −14.6
(5.7)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 10.4
(50.7)		 12.6
(54.7)		 9.5
(49.1)		 2.9
(37.2)		 −10.4
(13.3)		 −23.7
(−10.7)		 −30.9
(−23.6)		 −11.04
(12.12)
Average low °C (°F) −36
(−32.8)		 −35.3
(−31.5)		 −29.4
(−20.9)		 −21.1
(−6.0)		 −5.5
(22.1)		 4.9
(40.8)		 7.4
(45.3)		 5.1
(41.2)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −13.7
(7.3)		 −27.2
(−17.0)		 −34.2
(−29.6)		 −15.45
(4.18)
Record low °C (°F) −52.2
(−62.0)		 −53.9
(−65.0)		 −48
(−54.4)		 −40
(−40.0)		 −30
(−22.0)		 −8
(17.6)		 0
(32.0)		 −11.2
(11.8)		 −15
(5.0)		 −33.8
(−28.8)		 −43.9
(−47.0)		 −49.8
(−57.6)		 −53.9
(−65)
Precipitation mm (inches) 23
(0.9)		 13
(0.5)		 13
(0.5)		 18
(0.7)		 25
(1.0)		 51
(2.0)		 61
(2.4)		 71
(2.8)		 56
(2.2)		 41
(1.6)		 25
(1.0)		 18
(0.7)		 415
(16.3)
Avg. precipitation days 12.2 9.2 10.9 8.2 9.2 8.4 10.0 11.3 14.8 17.9 14.3 14.9 141.3
% humidity 86.7 83.9 81.4 76.4 74.8 71.2 76.9 82.4 84.2 88.9 89.4 86.9 81.93
Source: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=32152

References in literature

Chersky is a locale for much of the action in the spy novel Kolymsky Heights. In 1966 the settlement was visited by Farley Mowat who featured the visit in his book "The Siberians" (1970). He used old-fashion transliteration of the placename "Tchersky".

Infrastructure and economy

The settlement is served by the Chersky Airport. In 1981 Sergey Zimov established here the Pleistocene Park, a place for studies of global warming, pleistocene ecology and permafrost.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "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. 
  2. ↑ 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.).
  3. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ 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. 

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