Palatka (Russia)

Urban-type settlement Palatka Палатка Federal district far East Oblast Magadan Rajon Chassyn Founded 1932 Urban-type settlement since 1953 population 4244 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 350  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 41342 Post Code 686111 License Plate 49 OKATO 44 219 551 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 6 ′  N , 150 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 6 ′ 15 ″  N , 150 ° 56 ′ 15 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Magadan Oblast

Palatka ( Russian Пала́тка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Magadan Oblast ( Russia ) with 4244 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the western foothills of the Kolyma Mountains , about 60 kilometers as the crow flies north of the Magadan Oblast Administrative Center on the left bank of the Khassyn River .

Palatka is the administrative center of the Rajons Chassyn . The township of Palatka (Gorodskoje posselenije) also includes the settlement of Chassyn, four kilometers southwest on the other bank of the river, with around 500 inhabitants.

history

The place was created in 1932 in connection with the construction of the Kolymatrasse , a road from Magadan to Ust-Nera and to the gold mining centers of the area. It was named after a tributary of the Chassyn which flows there. The word palatka stands for tent in Russian , but in this case it is probably a transformation of the combination of the words Palja ( Yukagir ) and Atkan ( Evenian ) - both meaning “stony river”.

In 1953, Palatka was given urban-type settlement status. On December 30, 1966, it became the administrative center of the newly spun off Chassyn district.

In the 1970s to 1980s, Palatka was primarily a residential area for employees of the mining center in the Karamken settlement 15 km to the northeast .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	5,108
1970	5,223
1979	8,400
1989	10,496
2002	4,888
2010	4,244

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

In Palatka there is a repair shop for mining equipment and a factory for civil explosives , in the district of Chassyn there is a gold and silver refinery . In the area, potatoes and vegetables are grown as well as cattle and poultry for the regional supply.

Palatka is on the M56 trunk road , as the Kolymatrasse is officially called today. A secondary route branches off from the main route there, which leads through the Ust-Omtschug district administration center 180 kilometers away , bypasses the Kolyma reservoir to the west and reaches the M56 again after about 500 kilometers west of Sussuman .

On September 1, 1941, the first section of a narrow-gauge railway ( gauge 750 mm) from Magadan to Palatka was opened. The end point was reached in 1950, but the line was closed again in 1956. Among other things, steam locomotives of the ГР series produced in the GDR were used .

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)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Palatka on the regional information portal kolyma.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Palatka on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)
4. ↑ Narrow-gauge railway Magadan - Palatka at parovoz.com (Russian)