Zhigansk

Village Schigansk Жиганск ( Russian ) Эдьигээн ( Yakut ) coat of arms Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Zhigansk Founded 1632 Village since 1917 population 3420 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41164 Post Code 678330 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 222 810 001 Geographical location Coordinates 66 ° 46 '  N , 123 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 66 ° 46 '0 "  N , 123 ° 22' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Shigansk ( Russian Жига́нск ; Yakut Эдьигээн , Edjigeen ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Russia with 3420 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

City arms of Zhigansk (1790)

The place is a good 600 km as the crow flies northwest of the republic capital Yakutsk in the Central Yakut lowlands on the left bank of the Lena at the confluence of the Nuora (also Strekalowka ).

Zhigansk is the administrative center of Zhigansky Raion . The village is the seat and only locality of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Schiganski nasleg.

history

The place was founded in 1632 by Cossacks under Pyotr Beketow as Ostrog , a little later in the same year as Ostrog, from which today's Yakut capital Yakutsk emerged. In 1783 Schigansk became the administrative seat of a Ujesd of the Yakutsk Oblast , which existed until 1920, and thus received city rights. The Ujesd was dissolved again in 1805 and Schigansk lost its administrative function, but remained the northernmost town on the Lena until it was downgraded to a village again in 1917.

In 1930 Shigansk was again the center of a Rajon named after him, which was classified as the Evenk National Rion due to the predominant settlement by Evenks . This status was later revoked, but restored in 2008 (Evenks made up 47 % of the population in 2002, Yakuts almost 34% of the population).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	658
1959	1621
1970	3202
1979	4025
1989	4511
2002	3346
2010	3420

Note: census data

traffic

Zhigansk is not connected to the fixed road network. In the ice-free time there is a ship connection on the Lena; in winter the village can be reached via an ice road on the river. There is a small airport to the north of the town ( ICAO code UEVV ).

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)