Verkhoyansk

city Verkhoyansk Верхоянск ( Russian ) Үөһээ Дьааҥы ( Yakut ) coat of arms Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Verkhoyansk mayor Victor Pavlov Founded 1638 City since 1817 surface 35  km² population 1311 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 37 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 41165 Post Code 678530 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 216 503 Geographical location Coordinates 67 ° 33 '  N , 133 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 67 ° 33 '0 "  N , 133 ° 23' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

List of cities in Russia

Verkhoyansk (2009)

Verkhoyansk Basin (2009)

Verkhoyansk ( Russian Верхоя́нск , Yakut Үөһээ Дьааҥы / Uöhee D'aangy ) is a small town in the Sakha Republic in the Far East of Russia . With 1311 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) it is one of the smallest towns with city status in all of Russia. It is located in Ulus Verkhoyansk of the same name , but is not its district seat (this is the Batagai settlement about 50 kilometers east-northeast ).

Verkhoyansk applies not only Oimjakon with a minimum temperature of -67.8 ° C as the cold pole of all inhabited areas of the Earth .

geography

Verkhoyansk lies between the Verkhoyansk Mountains and the Chersky Mountains , about 110 km north of the Arctic Circle . About 610 km to the south-south-west is the city and subject capital of Yakutsk and just as far to the south-east is the place Oymyakon . The city is located on the Jana River , which flows into the Laptev Sea.

Climate and temperatures

Since February 5, 1892 Verkhoyansk, whose weather is determined by an extreme continental climate , with the lowest temperature of −67.8 ° C, has been the cold pole of all inhabited areas on earth . In 1926, an even lower value was reportedly measured in the neighboring highlands of Oimjakon , which was then allegedly fallen below several times in Oimjakon ; however, the values ​​have not been officially confirmed. In June 2020, 38.0 degrees were measured during the heat wave in Siberia 2020 , which is a new record for a place north of the Arctic Circle. The value has yet to be officially confirmed.

The following data were measured for the city:

• Lowest temperature ever measured (February 5 and 7, 1892): −67.8 ° C (officially recognized value)
• Highest officially confirmed temperature ever recorded (July 25, 1988): +37.3 ° C
• Mean January temperature: -48.9 ° C
• Average July temperature: +15.3 ° C
• Average annual temperature : −15.7 ° C

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Verkhoyansk Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −44.7 −38.7 −21.2 −5.2 7.7 18.2 20.5 16.6 7.2 −10.4 −33.6 −40.3 O −10.2 Min. Temperature (° C) −49.6 −46.7 −37.3 −21.5 −3.3 6.7 8.8 4.9 −2.9 −19.3 −39.9 −46.7 O −20.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 7th 7th 5 7th 12 26th 36 29 15th 14th 10 10 Σ 178 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 0.2 3.0 7.1 9.3 10.0 11.8 10.5 7.1 4.4 2.7 0.9 0.1 O 5.6 Rainy days ( d ) 2 2 2 2 4th 5 7th 6th 4th 5 4th 3 Σ 46 Humidity ( % ) 73 73 69 64 58 55 61 69 73 78 75 74 O 68.5 Source: wetterkontor.de

history

The place was founded in 1638 as Verkhoyansky Ostrog . Originally it was about 90 kilometers southwest of today's city on the upper reaches of the Jana. Verkhoyansk - literally "place on the upper Jana" - also owes its name to this. It was not until 1775 that the village was moved to its current location on the right bank of the Jana.

In 1817 Verkhoyansk received the status of a city that served as a place of exile into the 20th century , to which politically persecuted people were also sent. The most prominent people exiled to Verkhoyansk include the writer Wacław Sieroszewski and the revolutionaries Ivan Babushkin and Viktor Nogin .

To this day, Verkhoyansk is economically characterized by reindeer herding and hunting.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	354
1926	415
1939	1569
1959	1410
1970	1864
1979	1709
1989	1883
2002	1434
2010	1311

Note: census data

See also

• List of cities in the Sakha Republic
• Verkhoyansk Yakut horse

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. ↑ Mineral Atlas - Fossil Atlas. Retrieved June 27, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Heat wave in Siberia sets new temperature record . In: t-online.de , June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
4. ^ World Meteorological Organization Global Weather & Climate Extremes
5. ↑ July temperatures in Verkhoyansk on the Pogoda i Klimat website (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Verkhoyansk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information about the city on mojgorod.ru (Russian)