Lensk

city Lensk Ленск ( Russian ) Ленскэй ( Yakut ) coat of arms Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Lensk head Sergei Vysokich Founded 1663 Earlier names Muchtuja (until 1963) City since 1963 surface 49  km² population 24,966 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 510 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41137 Post Code 678140-678145 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 227 501 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 43 '  N , 114 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 43 '0 "  N , 114 ° 56' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

List of cities in Russia

Lensk ( Russian Ленск , Yakut Ленскэй / Lenskej ) is a city in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia . It has 24,966 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Lensk is located on the left bank of the East Siberian river Lena , on the southern edge of the Lenaplateau , about 800 kilometers west of the republic capital Yakutsk .

Lensk is the administrative center of the Lensk Raion of the same name .

history

Was founded in the village by Russian fur hunters in 1663 as Muchtukujewskaja at the site of an older Evenk settlement Muchtui called, derived from the Evenk words for big water .

As part of Bering's second Kamchatka expedition, a post office was built in what is now called Muchtuja . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Muchtuja was a place of political banishment .

Lensk after the 2001 flood

After diamond deposits were discovered in the catchment area of ​​the Wiljui , the largest left tributary of the Lena, around today's town of Mirny , the location was chosen as the closest base camp for development, about 250 kilometers away. Muchtuja was renamed Lensk in 1963 on the occasion of the granting of city rights and refers to the river names.

During the Lena flood in May 2001, Lensk came into the focus of the global public for a short time. As a result of the flooding caused by ice jams , almost the entire city was flooded and a large part of the buildings were destroyed. After the floods, the city was rebuilt.

Population development

Lensk in 2007

year	Residents
1939	2.184
1959	7,894
1970	16,758
1979	23,966
1989	30,260
2002	24,558
2010	24,966

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a history and local museum .

Economy and Infrastructure

In Lensk there is a branch of the diamond group ALROSA , companies in the forest and building materials industry and the food industry.

The city is an important river port on the Lena. From here a 750 km long solid road leads to the diamond mining areas of West Yakutia, via Mirny and Chernyshevsky on the dam of the Vilyui reservoir to Aichal and Udatschny , with a road connection to Yakutsk via Mirny. A road following the left Lenaufer downstream ends after almost 100 kilometers at Njuja .

Lensk has a regional airport ( ICAO code UERL ).

See also

• List of cities in the Sakha Republic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Lensk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pictures from Lensk ( Memento from April 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
• Lensk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)