Sneschnoe (Chukotka)

Village Sneschnoje Снежное ( Russian ) Ӄээԓивтын ( Chukchi ) Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Rajon Anadyrski Founded 1929 population 311 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 30  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42732 Post Code 689541 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 203 000 007 Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 27 '  N , 172 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 65 ° 27 '0 "  N , 172 ° 58' 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Sneschnoje ( Russian Снежное ; Chukchi Ӄээԓивтын ) is a village (selo) in the Autonomous District of the Chukchi ( Russia ) with 311 inhabitants (14 October 2010).

geography

The place is on the right bank of the 700 m wide river Anadyr , about 15 km above (southwest) the larger village Ust-Belaja at the northwestern foot of the low mountain range Ust-Belskije gory ("Ust-Balaja Mountains") with the mountain Gynyretyk .

Snezhnoye belongs to the Anadyrski district and is located about 225 km as the crow flies west-northwest of the district and district administrative center of Anadyr . It is the seat and the only locality of the rural municipality of the same name (selskoje posselenije).

history

The village was founded in 1929 as part of the settlement of the semi-nomadic, mainly reindeer herding , Chukchi indigenous people, when the region's first sovkhos were established there. The Russian place name (for example " snow village") is a translation of the Chukchi name, which it refers to a nearby snowfield .

traffic

Sneschnoe has no permanent road connection. It can be reached by helicopter and, during the ice-free period, by ship from Anadyr via Ust-Belaja.

Web links

• Snezhnoye on the Raion Administration website (Russian)

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