Providenia
Urban-type settlement
Providenia
Провидения
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Prowidenija ( Russian Провиде́ния ) is an urban-type settlement with 1970 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the northeastern part of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug in the far east of Russia .
geography
The settlement is located on a fjord on the Bering Strait not far from the date line . It is the administrative center of the Prowideniya Rajons of the same name .
A large part of the population are Yupik , members of an Eskimo tribe .
climate
The climate is arctic, although the winters are not so severe due to the coastal location.
history
The planned construction of a settlement began in 1937 after a storage area had been created at the natural harbor as early as 1928 . It was named after the bay of the same name, Russian for Providence . On May 10, 1946, urban-type settlement status was granted.
In the Soviet era , Prowidenija was a mainly military port, which was protected from the open Bering Strait by its location on the fjord.
After the end of the Cold War , there was some economic boom through tourism from nearby Alaska . Prowidenija became publicly known through the "Friendship Flight" in December 1988, when an American airline ( Alaska Airlines ) flew to the Russian city for the first time .
Population development
year | Residents |
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1959 | 4840 |
1970 | 6586 |
1979 | 4643 |
1989 | 5432 |
2002 | 2723 |
2010 | 1970 |
Note: census data
Culture and sights
There is a museum of history and culture of Chukotka in Providenia .
Economy and Infrastructure
Prowidenija has a sea port and the small Buchta Prowidenija airport ( Prowidenija Bay , IATA code PVS ) is three kilometers away . From 2018, the region is expected to energy and heat by the floating nuclear power plant -Schiff Akademik Lomonosov are supplied.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Čislennostʹ naselenija gorodskich naselennych dotov, selʹskich naselennych dotov po Čukotskomu avtonomnomu okrugu. (Population of urban settlements, rural settlements in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug.) Download from the website of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation
- ↑ Floating nuclear power plant on the way to the Arctic. In: Handelsblatt , April 30, 2018.
Web links
- Private website for the place (Russian, photos )