Olyokminsk

city Oljokminsk Олёкминск ( Russian ) Өлүөхүмэ ( Yakut ) coat of arms Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Olyokminsk mayor Viktor Sukhov Founded 1636 City since 1783 surface 12  km² population 9,494 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 791 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41138 Post Code 678100 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 241 501 Website olekminsk.3dn.ru Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 22 ′  N , 120 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

List of cities in Russia

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Oljokminsk ( Russian Олёкминск , Yakut Өлүөхүмэ ) is a small town in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ( Russia ) with 9,494 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the southern edge of the Lena Plateau , about 650 km southwest of the republic's capital Yakutsk , on the left bank of the Lena a few kilometers above the confluence of its right tributary Oljokma .

The city of Olyokminsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name (Ulus).

Olyokminsk has a small airport.

history

Oljokminsk was founded in 1636 by a Cossack troop under Pyotr Beketow (around 1610-1656) as a small ostrog across from the mouth of the Oljokma. Later the settlement was relocated to a cheaper location that was less often flooded. Located at the intersection of important shipping routes - along Lena and Oljokma - the place was the starting point for Russian expansion in the direction of the Amur and later became an administrative and commercial center on the way to Yakutsk.

In 1783, Olyokminsk became the city and administrative center of a Ujezd , and in 1822 a district (okrugs) of the Yakutsk Oblast. The Decembrists Nikolai Tschischow and Andrei Andrejew were exiled to the city . In 1897 there were 120 houses, 26 yurts , two churches, a hospital with eight beds, a church school and two other schools in the city. The regionally important Oljokminsk fair took place annually.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,144
1926	2,285
1939	5,182
1959	7,876
1970	10,646
1979	10,595
1989	11,478
2002	10,003
2010	9,494

Note: census data

Culture and sights

A number of wooden structures with carved windows and doors have been preserved in the town. Also worth seeing are the Savior Cathedral ( Spasski sobor , 1860) and the Alexander Nevsky Chapel ( Tschassovja Alexandra Newskogo , 1891). There is a local museum.

economy

In Olyokminsk there are companies in the wood and food industries as well as an electricity company. The city is the center of an agricultural area (grain, vegetables, cattle ( Yakut cattle ), horses (especially the Olekminsk Yakut horse of the same name ), reindeer).

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Skotschinski (1874–1960), mining scientist
• Vladimir Jakowlew (* 1944), politician, former governor of Saint Petersburg

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 : Olyokminsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Olyokminsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)