town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
in
Aldansky District
Aldansky District (russian: Алда́нский улу́с; sah, Алдан улууһа, ''Aldan uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...
of the
Sakha Republic
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far E ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Aldan River
The Aldan (russian: Алдан) is the second-longest, right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
) southwest of
Yakutsk
Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one ...
, the
capital
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* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,057.
Etymology
The name of the town is derived from a Yakut word meaning ''non-freezing''.
Geography
Tommot is located in the
Aldan Highlands
The Aldan Highlands, or Aldan Plateau ( rus, Алданское нагорье, r=Aldanskoye Nagorye; sah, Алдан үрдэлэ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Aldan town and Tommot are l ...
.
The town was the terminus of the passenger trains of the
Amur–Yakutsk Mainline
The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline (russian: Амуро-Якутская магистраль, ), abbreviated to AYaM (Russian language, Russian АЯM), is a partially complete railway in eastern Russia, linking the Trans–Siberian Railway and Baikal ...
. In November 2011, the railway was extended to Nizhny Bestyakh; it will eventually reach
Yakutsk
Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one ...
. Both the railway and the
Lena Highway
A360 Lena Highway or The Amur-Yakutsk Highway (russian: Амуро-Якутская автомобильная дорога or russian: Амуро-Якутская автомагистраль) is a federal highway in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in R ...
river port
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on the Aldan for supplies to the Nezametny gold mine in the present-day town of Aldan. It was formerly the head of navigation of the
Aldan River
The Aldan (russian: Алдан) is the second-longest, right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.inhabited locality, Tommot is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Aldansky District as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
of Tommot. As a municipal division, the territories of the Town of Tommot and the
Settlement
Settlement may refer to:
* Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
*Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
of Bezymyanny are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as
Tommot Urban Settlement
Tommot Urban Settlement (russian: городско́е поселе́ние «го́род Томмо́т») is a municipal formation (an urban settlement) in Aldansky Municipal District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, one of the four urban settl ...
.Law #173-Z #353-III
Economy
Mining of
mica
Micas ( ) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates. This characteristic is described as perfect basal cleavage. Mica is ...
deposits began in 1942, after they were discovered in a stream near the town by a hunter.