Uelen

Village Uelen Уэлен ( Russian ) Увэлен ( Chukchi ) Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Rajon Chukotsky population 720 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 3  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42736 Post Code 689310 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 233 000 005 Geographical location Coordinates 66 ° 9 '  N , 169 ° 48'  W Coordinates: 66 ° 9 '30 "  N , 169 ° 48' 30"  W

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Uelen ( Russian Уэлен , Chukchi Увэлен / Uvèlen, Yupik -Chaplino Улыӄ / Ulyḳ, Yupik-Naukan Олыӄ / Olyḳ) is a village in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug ( Russia ) with 720 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

It is located on the Chukchi Peninsula , near the Arctic Circle and eleven kilometers northwest of Cape Deschnjow , the easternmost point of the Asian mainland . The best-known son of the place is the writer Yuri Sergejewitsch Rytcheu (1930-2008). Uelen is known nationwide for its ornate carvings from walrus leg . Nowadays, the place serves primarily as a base for scientific and archaeological expeditions in Chukotka.

1912 Uelen took over the function of the administrative seat of the Ujesds Tschukotski of the okrug Anadyr von Prowidenija . After Ujezd was transformed into Chukotsky Rajon in 1927, the village remained its administrative seat until it was relocated to Lavrentija in the 1940s.

At the end of his 5th Thule expedition in 1925, Knud Rasmussen was on a brief flying visit to the town. In 1934 the place hit the international headlines when the survivors of the Cheliuskin sinking were flown to Uelen in a lengthy rescue operation.

In March 2006 the adventurer Karl Bushby and his companion Dimitri Kieffer crossed the frozen Bering Strait while attempting to circumnavigate the world on foot . On April 1, 2006, they were stopped by Russian officials near Uelen for illegally crossing the border. After a lawsuit and intervention by Governor Roman Abramowitsch , Bushby was able to continue his journey.

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  Location of Uelen

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  Uelen (2013)

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  Beach (2018)

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  Street (2018)

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  Lenin Street (2018)

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  Church (2018)

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  Yaranga in Uelen (1913)

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  Resident of Uelen (1913)

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  Yupik on the bank, with the steamship Corwin in the background (1907)

Population development

year	Residents
1939	500
2002	678
2010	720

Note: census data

Sons and daughters of the place

• Juri Rytcheu (1930-2008), writer

Climate table

Uelen
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     40   -17 -21     24   -19 -24     24   -18 -23     25th   -12 -18     21st   -3 -6     24   4th 0     41   8th 4th     61   8th 5     59   4th 2     52   -1 -4     44   -7 -12     29   -15 -20 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Uelen Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −16.5 −19.4 −18.2 −12.1 −2.7 3.5 8.3 7.9 4.1 −1.1 −7.4 −15.2 O −5.7 Min. Temperature (° C) −21.3 −24.1 −23.0 −17.7 −6.1 0.4 4.3 4.6 1.9 −3.6 −11.7 −19.9 O −9.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 40 24 24 25th 21st 24 41 61 59 52 44 29 Σ 444 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 0.3 2.5 5.2 6.6 5.1 7.1 6.8 3.7 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.1 O 3.4 Rainy days ( d ) 8th 6th 6th 7th 5 6th 7th 9 10 11 11 7th Σ 93 Humidity ( % ) 82 78 79 82 88 89 89 92 90 87 85 82 O 85.3 Source: wetterkontor.de

literature

• SI Rudenko: The Ancient Culture of the Bering Sea and the Eskimo Problem. University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1961

Web links

• Uelenart.com - Information on the walrus leg art
• Climate diagram

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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
2. ↑ Adventurer to resume epic journey on BBC News on March 12, 2007, accessed on March 26, 2016