Ust-Belaya

Village Ust-Belaya Усть-Белая Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Rajon Anadyrski population 856 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42732 Post Code 689540 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 203 000 008 Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 30 '  N , 173 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 65 ° 30 '30 "  N , 173 ° 16' 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Ust-Belaja ( Russian Усть-Белая ) is a village (selo) in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug ( Russia ) with 856 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located on the right bank of the Anadyr opposite the confluence of the Belaja (the place name means Belaja mouth ), below the low mountain range Ust-Belskije gory ("Ust-Balaja Mountains") with the mountain Gynyretyk, which comes close to the river .

Ust-Belaja is part of the Anadyrski Rajon and is located 215 km as the crow flies west-northwest of the district and district administrative center of Anadyr . It is the only village in the rural municipality of the same name (selskoje posselenije).

history

The village was founded at the turn of the 20th century by Yukagir Vasili Nikulin, who came from Markowo , further upstream on the Anadyr, and originally from Nizhnekolymsk on the Kolyma . The annual fairs held there soon became of regional importance. From 1930 to 1935 Ust-Balaja was the administrative seat of the Anadyrski rajon.

traffic

There is no fixed road connection to Ust-Belaja. The place can be reached from Anadyr in 1.5 hours by helicopter or during the ice-free time by ship.

Web links

• Ust-Belaja on the website of the Anadyrski rajon (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