Omolon (place)

Village Omolon Омолон Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Rajon Bilibinski Founded 1944 population 873 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 260  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42738 Post Code 689470 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 209 000 005 Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 14 '  N , 160 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 65 ° 14 '0 "  N , 160 ° 32' 15"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Omolon ( Russian Омоло́н ) is a village (selo) in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug ( Russia ) with 873 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Omolon in February 2011

Omolon Airport

The place is about 800 km as the crow flies west of the district administrative center of Anadyr on the right bank of the Kolyma tributary Omolon , which marks the border with Magadan Oblast . In Omolon, the lowest temperature in the Autonomous Okrug was measured to date at -61 ° C.

Omolon is part of the Bilibinski Rajon and is located a good 400 km southwest of its administrative center, Bilibino . It is the only village in the rural municipality of the same name (selskoje posselenije).

history

The place was built in 1944 in connection with the construction of an airfield on the flight route over which aircraft were transferred from the United States to the Soviet Union during the Second World War under the lend lease agreement . It was named after the river, the name of which is of Yukagir origin and means roughly good river .

Today over 80% of the population are members of the indigenous peoples of the Russian north , mostly Evens who are engaged in reindeer herding , fishing and fur hunting.

traffic

Omolon has no year-round fixed land connection, but can be reached via a winter road from Bilibino. The construction of a road to Anadyr with a branch to Bilibino is planned. Omolon Airport ( ICAO code UHMN ) is located on the north-eastern edge of the town and provides connections to Anadyr, Magadan and Bilibino (Keperwejem).

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. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the Chukotka's Heritage Museum in Anadyr ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian) 
3. ↑ communities on the website of Rajonverwaltung (Russian)