Svetly, Sakha Republic
| Svetly (English) Светлый (Russian) Сибиэтлэй (Sakha) | |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia | |
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| Administrative status (as of 2010) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Mirninsky District[citation needed] |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 3,137 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+10:00)[2] |
| Founded | 1970s[citation needed] |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1984[citation needed] |
Svetly (Russian: Све́тлый, Sakha: Сибиэтлэй) is an urban-type settlement in the Mirninsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. The name is the Russian word for light or clear. Population: 3,137 (2010 Census);[1] 3,546 (2002 Census);[3] 4,550 (1989 Census).[4]
Geography
The settlement lies on the southern edge of the Vilyuy plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau. It is not far from the right bank of the Vilyuy River.
The district administrative centre Mirny is around 60 km away to the north-west.
History
Svetly was founded in the late 1970s as a works base for construction of a dam and hydroelectric plant, downstream of the larger Vilyuy Dam. With the economic difficulties in the Soviet Union during the 1980s and in Russia during the 1990s, completion of the project was greatly delayed with the hydroelectric plant only beginning power generation between 2004 and 2008, with three of the four planned turbines in operation.
Economy and infrastructure
Employment in the settlement is centred on the Vilyuyskaya GES-3 hydroelectric plant, with a capacity of 270 MW. The power plant is managed by a daughter company of diamond mining corporation ALROSA. Many of the settlement's inhabitants also commute for week-by-week shift work in remote diamond mines or in construction projects throughout the western region of the Sakha Republic, including the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.
Svetly is reached by a 33 km road connecting to the Anabar highway between Mirny and Chernyshevsky. The Evenk village of Syuldyukar lies 25 km downstream along the Vilyuy, and can be reached via boat in summer, or via winter road when the river is frozen.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.).
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.