Lebediny, Sakha Republic

Lebediny (in English)
Лебединый (Russian)
Лебединай (Sakha)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Lebediny
Location of Lebediny in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 58°29′N 125°29′E / 58.483°N 125.483°E / 58.483; 125.483Coordinates: 58°29′N 125°29′E / 58.483°N 125.483°E / 58.483; 125.483
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district Aldansky District[2]
Settlement Settlement of Lebediny[2]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Aldansky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Leninsky Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 1,058 inhabitants[4]
Population (January 2016 est.) 993 inhabitants[5]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[6]
Founded 1927
Urban-type settlement status since 1969[2]
Postal code(s)[7] 678946
Lebediny population
2010 Census 1,058[4]
2002 Census 1,254[8]
1989 Census 2,345[9]
1979 Census 2,308[10]

Lebediny (Russian: Лебеди́ный; Yakut: Лебединай) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 26 kilometers (16 mi) from Aldan, the administrative center of the district.[2] As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,058.[4]

Etymology

"Lebediny" is a Russian adjective literally meaning swan-like or of the swan; the name is said to refer to a local legend that swans rested here while migrating south for the winter.

History

It was founded in 1927 in connection to development of local gold deposits, with the Lebediny gold mine beginning operation in 1933. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1967.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Lebediny[1] is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Orochen 1-y), incorporated within Aldansky District as the Settlement of Lebediny.[2] As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Lebediny and the Settlement of Leninsky are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as Leninsky Urban Settlement.[3]

Economy

Like nearby Yakokut and Leninsky, Lebediny is a gold-mining settlement. The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway also passes adjacent to the settlement, which is serviced by Kosarevsky railway station.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Lebediny is the administrative center of the Settlement of Lebediny.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z 353-III
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. ↑ Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года (in Russian)
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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