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Providensky District
Providensky District (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Urèlḳujym rajon''; Yupik languages, Yupik: Уӷрилӄуйым район) is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #45-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the autonomous okrug, in the southern half of the Chukchi Peninsula with a northwest extension reaching almost to the Kolyuchinskaya Bay on the Arctic. It borders with Chukotsky District in the north, the Bering Sea in the east and south, and with Iultinsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Provideniya. Population: The population of Provideniya accounts for 50.2% of the district's total population. Geography The district lies in a mountainous region, with most of its inhabited localities found on the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novoye Chaplino
Novoye Chaplino (, Siberian Yupik: ''Ungaziq'') is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Novoye Chaplino is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District. In 2010, a law was passed abolishing the municipal rural settlement of Novoye Chaplino. The village continues to exist, but is now municipally part of Providenia Urban Settlement. History Origins The village was founded in 1960,Strogoff p.135 although some sources state that it was founded in 1958 as a result of the merging of several nearby coastal villages into one. Villages such as Unazik (lit "Bewhiskered" in Yupik and formerly an important local whaling centre), Kivak (lit. "Green Glade" in Yupik and the site of an ancient settlement several thousand years old) and Plover, as well as settlements from much further up the coast such as the now abandoned village of Naukan. Post-Soviet history Novoye Chaplino is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence Bay Region 1928
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Arakamchechen Island
Arakamchechen Island (; Eskimo–Aleut languages, Eskimo–Aleut: ''Kigini'') is an island in the Bering Sea. Geography Arakamchechen lies north of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka. It is separated from the continental shore by an 8 km wide sound. This island is inhabited; the main settlement is Yanrakynnot village. Arakamchechen Island is 32 km long and has a maximum width of 21 km. It has a mountainous interior. South of it lies Yttygran Island and west of it Penkigney Bay. There is a 5 km wide sound between the two islands. Administration Administratively Arakamchechen Island belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. Nowadays this island is popular with tourists who come to enjoy the wildlife. Many walruses live in rookeries in the shores of this island. References External linksPictures of walrus hunters in Arakamchechen Island Islands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Islands of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sireniki
Sireniki (; Yupik: Сиӷинык, literally ''Mountain of Horns''; Chukchi: , ''Vutèèn''; Sirenik: ''Sigheneg'') is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Sireniki is subordinated to Providensky/Providenia Municipal District. In 2010, a law was passed abolishing the municipal rural settlement of Sireniki. The village continues to exist, but is now municipally part of Providenia Urban Settlement. Geography The placement of the settlement owes much to a sizeable polynya at the shore of the village, allowing the inhabitants to hunt all year round. The village is situated north of Cape Stoletiya and Southeast of Cape ZelyonyPark Areas – Sireniki Nature Ethnic Park Beringia on the coast where the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanrakynnot
Yanrakynnot () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.Directive #517-rp Population: Municipally, Yanrakynnot is a part of Yanrakynnot Rural Settlement in Providensky Municipal District.Law #45-OZ Etymology Its name is derived from the Chukchi word for "detached, firm land",Strogoff, p. 135 although other sources translate it as "the lonely stand", and others still say it means "hard place". History Like many of the small rural localities in Chukotka, the amenities of Yanrakynnot were affected by the dissolution of the Soviet Union; the eight-grade school, for example, was downgraded to just a four-grade school. Geography Yanrakynnot is located on the shores of the Venetken (lit. "curved") lagoon, linked to the administrative center of the district, the urban-type settlement of Provideniya, by an unpaved road. Demographics The population according to the most recent census data is 338, of whom 185 were male and 153 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunligran
Nunligran (; , ''Nunlygran'') is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky Municipal District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Nunligran is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and incorporated as Nunligran Rural Settlement. Geography The settlement, about 180 km from Provideniya is a Chukchi village that replaced a Yupik village, indeed the name is derived from a combination of the two languages: "Nunalyk", the Yupik for "having a village" and "Ran", the Chukchi word for "Dwelling". It is not clear whether the Chukchi gradually became the dominant race in the village or whether they forced the Yupik out. The village is situated located nearly to the west of the shore of the Achchyon lagoon, separated from the Bering Sea by a sandy spit. Demographics As of 2010 Nunligran had a population of 360, of whom 191 were male and 169 female. This was a slight reduction on a 2006 estimate of 370.Strogoff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enmelen
Enmelen (; Chukchi: , ''Ènmyḷ'yn''; Yupik: ) is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Enmelen is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District and incorporated as Enmelen Rural Settlement. Geography Enmelen (lit. "craggy" in Chukchi) is situated near Cape Bering well over 200 km from Provideniya. The settlement is not connected by road to any other places. It is populated by a mixture of Chukchi and Yupik and near the village is the site of an ancient Yupik settlement. Demographics The population according to the most recent census data was 367, of whom 188 were male and 179 female, a slight decrease on a 2006 estimate of 390.Strogoff, p.133 Economy The village is supported by a combination of reindeer herding and the hunting of sea mammals. Climate Enmelen has an arctic climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaranga
A Yaranga ( Chukchi: ) is a tent-like traditional mobile home of some nomadic Northern indigenous peoples of Russia, such as Chukchi and Siberian Yupik. A Yaranga is a cone-shaped or rounded reindeer-hide tent. It is built of a light wooden frame covered with reindeer skins or canvas sewn together. The word ''yaranga'' comes from the Chukchi word for house: ''jaraŋə'' (Cyrillic: яраӈы). In Russian use, the terms chum, yurt and yaranga may be used interchangeably. Chauchu Chukchi It is built of a light wooden frame covered with reindeer skins sewn together. A medium-size yaranga requires about 50 skins. A large yaranga is hard to completely heat up. There is a smaller cabin called a polog built inside it, that can be kept warm and cozy. Siberian Yupik and Anqallyt Chukchi The most numerous of the Siberian Yupik peoples, the Chaplino Eskimos (Ungazigmit) had a round, dome-shaped building for winter. Literature refers to it as a "yaranga", the same term which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived Lifestyle, lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, Fungus, fungi, Honey hunting, honey, Eggs as food, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, or by hunting game (pursuing or trapping and killing Wildlife, wild animals, including Fishing, catching fish). This is a common practice among most vertebrates that are omnivores. Hunter-gatherer Society, societies stand in contrast to the more Sedentism, sedentary Agrarian society, agricultural societies, which rely mainly on cultivating crops and raising domesticated animals for food production, although the boundaries between the two ways of living are not completely distinct. Hunting and gathering was humanity's original and most enduring successful Competition (biology), competitive adaptation in the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( years ago) ( ), also called the Old Stone Age (), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by Hominini, hominins, 3.3 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene, 11,650 Before Present#Radiocarbon calibration, cal Before Present, BP. The Paleolithic Age in Europe preceded the Mesolithic Age, although the date of the transition varies geographically by several thousand years. During the Paleolithic Age, hominins grouped together in small societies such as band society, bands and subsisted by gathering plants, fishing, and hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic Age is characterized by the use of Knapping, knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panorama, interactive panoramic views of streets (Google Street View, Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planner, route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in Software release life cycle#Beta, beta) and public transportation. , Google Maps was being used by over one billion people every month around the world. Google Maps began as a C++ desktop program developed by brothers Lars Rasmussen (software developer), Lars and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, Jens Rasmussen, Stephen Ma and Noel Gordon in Australia at Where 2 Technologies. In October 2004, the company was acquired by Google, which converted it into a web application. After additional acquisitions of a geospatial data visualization company and a real-time traffic analyzer, Google Maps was launched in February 2005. The service's Front and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medvezhye (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Medvezhye (), also known as Mezhgornoye (), is a lake in Providensky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The nearest inhabited place is Enmelen, located to the southeast. Geography Medvezhye is located in the Chukotka Peninsula, east of Kresta Bay, close to the Gulf of Anadyr of the Bering Sea. It is a long and narrow lake that lies at the southeastern end of the Chukotka Mountains. The lake fills a valley oriented from north to south bound by mountains on either side. Its southern end is separated from a coastal lagoon by a to wide strip of land. Lake Medvezhye freezes in early October and stays under ice until mid-June. See also *List of lakes of Russia List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order: * Achchyon (Аччён) * Akush (Акуш) * Arakhley (Арахле́й) * Astrodym (Астродым) * Baikal (Байкал) * Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
