Sangar, Sakha Republic
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Kobyaysky District[1] |
| Settlement | Settlement of Sangar[1] |
| Administrative center of | Kobyaysky District,[1] Settlement of Sangar[1] |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Kobyaysky Municipal District[2] |
| Urban settlement | Sangar Urban Settlement[2] |
| Administrative center of | Kobyaysky Municipal District,[3] Sangar Urban Settlement[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 4,377 inhabitants[4] |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00)[5] |
| Founded | 1928[6] |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1940[1] |
| Postal code(s)[7] | 678300, 678309 |
Sangar (Russian: Санга́р; Sakha: Сангаар) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Kobyaysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, [1] located on the right bank of the Lena River, 334 kilometers (208 mi) by road from Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. Population: 4,377 (2010 Census);[4] 4,789 (2002 Census);[8] 10,107 (1989 Census).[9]
History
It was established in 1928 as a mining settlement.[6] The name originates from the nearby Sangar-Haya Mountain. On February 10, 1930, the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was split into districts (uluses) and Sangar became a part of newly established Namsky District. In 1934, the mine was transferred to the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, which at the time administrated most of the industrial activity in the north of the Soviet Union. Coal from Sangar was transported to Tiksi on the coast of the Arctic Ocean and there distributed among various Arctic settlements.[6] On April 20, 1937, Kobyaysky District was established, with the administrative center in the selo of Kobyay and Sangar became a part of Kobyaysky District.[10][11]
In 1938, the reconstruction of the settlement, which until that year did not have a hospital or a club, started. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1940.[1]
In 1942, about two hundred of people were deported to exile to Sangar from Leningrad Oblast. In June 1943, a fatal accident occurred in the mine, and twenty-two miners were killed.[6] In 1956, gas was discovered in the district, and the economy of Sangar started to reorient to gas production and transport. In 1959, the administrative center of the district was moved to Sangar.[11] The mine eventually decayed, and in the 1960s it was transferred to the local authorities and finally closed down in 1997. Since the mine was providing most of the jobs in the settlement, more than a half of the population of Sangar migrated and the infrastructure was considerably reduced.[6]
Economy
Industry
The coal mine was closed down in 1997. Another coal mine is located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the settlement.[6]
Transportation
There are no all-season roads, and land connections to Yakutsk are only possible during winter along a winter road (zimnik).[11]
The Lena River is navigable.
Sangar has an airport which is the only regular all-year-round means of transportation in the settlement.
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #173-Z #353-III
- ↑ Law #172-Z #351-III
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Боякова С.И. Шахта «Сангарская» (in Russian). Администрация Президента и Правительства РС(Я). Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Историческая справка (in Russian). Медиатека инвестора России. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Кобяйский улус (район) (in Russian). Туристский портал РС (Я). Retrieved July 26, 2013.
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Kobyaysky District. (Russian)
- 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.).
Further reading
- Vitebsky, Piers (2006). The Reindeer People: Living With Animals And Spirits in Siberia. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-77357-2. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
External links
- Unofficial website of Sangar (Russian)
- Another unofficial website of Sangar (Russian)