Nikolaevsk
| Nikolaevsk | |||
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 Russian Church |
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| Location in Alaska | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1968 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Kenai Peninsula Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 59 ° 49 ′ N , 151 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 318 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 3.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93.3 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 256 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-54085 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1417063 | ||
Nikolaevsk is a place ( census-designated place ) on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska ( United States ).
history
The settlement was founded in 1968 by Russian Old Believers . The settlement history was described in a 1972 article in National Geographic . In 2000, two thirds of the population still spoke Russian on a daily basis.
Web links
Commons : Nikolaevsk - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vitali Vitaliev: Old Believers in Alaska. ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: Travelintelligence.com. Retrieved November 9, 2009
- ↑ Jim Rearden (September 1972): A Bit of Old Russia Takes Root in Alaska. In: National Geographic , 142: 3, 401-424
