Beringowski

Urban-type settlement Beringovsky Беринговский ( Russian ) Гачгатагын ( Chukchi ) Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Rajon Anadyrski Founded 1937 Earlier names Ugolny (1937-1957) Urban-type settlement since 1946 population 1401 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42733 Post Code 689100 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 203 554 Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 4 '  N , 179 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 3 '45 "  N , 179 ° 15' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Beringovsky ( Russian Бе́ринговский , Chukchi Гачгатагын / Gatschgatagyn ) is an urban-type settlement in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug in the far northeast of Russia . It has 1401 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Beringowski in April 2009

The center of the settlement is about five kilometers from Ugolny Bay ("Coal Bay"), which is located at the southern exit of the Anadyr Bay of the Bering Sea , about 200 kilometers as the crow flies southeast of the administrative center of the Anadyr Autonomous Okrug . Beringovsky is the easternmost town in Russia, which still belongs to the eastern hemisphere . Immediately north of the settlement, Cape Barykin protrudes into the sea, which delimits Ugolny Bay and is the outermost point of a mountain range rising steeply to more than 500 meters.

Beringowski belongs to the Anadyrski district , whose administrative seat is also Anadyr.

history

The settlement owes its existence to hard coal deposits, which were discovered in the 1930s. The place Beringowski was founded directly on the coast in 1937 and initially called Ugolny (about "coal settlement") ( location ). Coal production began in 1941; the transport from the mine to the port was initially carried out by a narrow-gauge railway .

In 1946 Ugolny received urban-type settlement status. When the Beringovsky district was spun off in 1957, the settlement became its administrative center and, like the district, was named after the discoverer Vitus Bering .

Over time, the town center shifted to the settlement near the mine, which under the name Nagorny (about "mountain settlement") also became an urban-type settlement in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Nagorny overtook Beringowski in terms of population, and the district administration was relocated there in 1975. In the 1990s, both settlements were united under the name Beringowski ; the original Beringowski settlement at the harbor is virtually uninhabited today. On May 30, 2008, the Beringovsky rajon and the adjacent Anadyr rajon to the north were combined to form a new central ny rajon ("Central Rajon"). Beringovsky lost its function as an administrative center to what was then the center of the Anadyrski rajon Ugolnyje Kopi . Since November 18, 2008 the new Rajon has been wearing the Anadyrski again.

Population development

year	Residents
	Beringowski	Nagorny	total
1959	2788	-	2788
1970	2173	2087	4260
1979	2952	3025	5977
1989	3044	4149	7193
2002	1998		1998
2010	1401		1401

Note:: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main branch of the economy is coal mining. However, the mine stopped production in 2009 due to financial difficulties. There is also a construction company and a brewery.

The settlement has a seaport , which, however, cannot be approached directly by larger ships. The coal and other goods are transported between the port and the ships using barges . Six kilometers southeast of today's settlement center is an airport ( ICAO code UHMR ) on a spit on the banks of Ugolny Bay , to which Chukotavia flies from Anadyr.

The narrow-gauge railway between the coal mine and the port was replaced by a belt conveyor system in the 1980s . There is a road connection between the districts of the settlement, the airport and the inland village of Alkatwaam, about 15 kilometers to the north-west .

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. ↑ Narrow-gauge railways on Chukotka on Sergei Bolashenko's private website (Russian, map excerpts)
3. ↑ Beringovsky article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D111801~2a%3D~2b%3DBeringowski

Web links

• Anadyrski rajon on the Autonomous Okrug Administration website (in Russian)