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Iultinsky District
Iultinsky District (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Ivyltin rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #149-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 okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug and borders with the Chukchi Sea in the north, Providensky District in the east, Gulf of Anadyr in the southeast, and with Anadyrsky District in the southwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Iultinsky DistrictAbout the district Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Egvekinot. Population: The population of Egvekinot accounts for 64.4% of the district's total population. The territory of the modern district has been populated since the Paleolithic age, though indigenous people are outnumbered by ethnic Russians by over three to one. The district was once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka ( ; ), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border with the Sakha Republic to the west, Magadan Oblast to the south-west, and Kamchatka Krai to the south, as well as a Maritime boundary, maritime border on the Bering Strait with the U.S. state of Alaska to the east. Anadyr (town), Anadyr is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center, capital, and the easternmost settlement to have town status in Russia. It is the closest point from Russia to the United States, measuring at 88.51 kilometres or 55 miles. Chukotka is primarily populated by ethnic Russians, Chukchi people, Chukchi, and other Indigenous peoples of Siberia, indigenous peoples. It is the only autonomous okrug in Russia that is not included in, or subordinate to, another federal subject, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulag
The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of running the forced labor camps from the 1930s to the early 1950s during Joseph Stalin's rule, but in English literature the term is popularly used for the system of forced labor throughout the Soviet era. The abbreviation GULAG (ГУЛАГ) stands for "Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й" (Main Directorate of Correctional Labour Camps), but the full official name of the agency #Etymology, changed several times. The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union. The camps housed both ordinary criminals and political prisoners, a large number of whom were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas or other instruments of extra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanranaygytgyn
Yanranaygytgyn (; ) is a freshwater lake in Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of and a catchment area of . There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The name of the lake in Chukot means "a lake near a separate mountain." Geography Yanranaygytgyn is located in the Chukotka Mountains, to the south of Ervynaygytgyn. The lake has a roughly triangular shape and there are three islands in the middle. The southern shore is indented and the lake narrows towards its northern end. Yanranaygytgyn lies in an area of lakes at the northern edge of the Amguema Valley. It is the largest of the cluster, together with lake Kontalyagytgyn that lies to the southwest. An unnamed river, a small tributary of the Amguema, flows out of the lake from the northern end. Yanranaygytgyn freezes in mid-September and stays under ice until June. Flora and fauna Yanranaygytgyn is surrounded by tundra. Arctic char is commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ervynaygytgyn
Ervynaygytgyn (; ) is a freshwater lake in Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of about (). There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The name of the lake in Chukot means "a lake near a sharp mountain."Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 . Geography Ervynaygytgyn is located in the Chukotka Mountains of the Chukotka Peninsula, about southwest of lake Ekityki and to the north of Yanranaygytgyn. The lake is elongated and stretches roughly from NW to SE. The western section is broad and the lake narrows towards its eastern end. The lake lies in a swampy intermontane basin with a number of rivers flowing into it. The largest is the long Irvyneyveem, a tributary of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekityki (lake)
Lake Ekityki () is a lake in Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation. Geography The lake lies in the Chukotka Mountains, in the Siberian Far East. The Ekityki River flows through and it belongs to its basin. The shape of the Ekityki Lake is long and narrow. It is oriented from east to west and is long with an average width of . The Ekityk Range stretches above the northern shore. Like all lakes of the tundra, it is frozen for the greatest part of the year. Lake Ervynaygytgyn lies about to the southwest. Fauna Lake Ekityki is the only location in the whole Eurasian continent where the Pygmy Whitefish, Pygmy whitefish is found. See also *List of lakes of Russia References External linksОзеро ЭкитыкиPicture Tourism and Environmental data Lakes of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka Mountains Iultinsky District {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amguema
Amguema (; Chukchi: , ''Oʼmvaam'') is a village ('' selo'') in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: the village is based on the Iultin- Egvekinot road, one of the few significant roads in the Okrug. Reindeer herding is the most significant economic activity in the village. Municipally, Amguema is subordinated to Iultinsky Municipal District and incorporated as Amguema Rural Settlement. Demographics The most recent census figures show a population of 531, of which 279 are men and 252 women. The village is a traditional Chukchi settlement, in which most of the citizens are reindeer herders,Strogoff, p.126 taking advantage of the pasture present around the river Amguema ( Chukchi: ). It is the only native settlement in the district to have a stable economy, thanks in part to the available land. The population as of 2006 was 570, up slightly on the 2003 estimate of 548, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chukotka Mountains
The Chukotka Mountains () or Chukotka Upland (), is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Chukchi Highlands / Great Russian Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: , 2004—2017. The s of this system are largely barren and desolate. About half of their area is above the . The climate is one of the harshest in the |
Anadyr Estuary
Anadyrskiy Liman () or Anadyr Estuary is an estuary on the Gulf of Anadyr in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, Russian Federation. Geography It is called a liman because it is separated from the Gulf of Anadyr by the Russkaya Koshka spit in the north and another spit (Geka Point) in the south. The channel into the Gulf of Anadyr through the bar is in the east. The Anadyr Lowlands are located to the west.Google Earth Anadyrskiy Liman is divided into three parts. The outer bay receives the Tretya River (its mouth is the notch on the south shore). The southern part of the outer bay is shallow. The inner bay is called Onemen Bay and receives the Velikaya through a narrow bay on the southwest. They are separated by a promontory, with the town of Anadyr at its tip. North of the promontory is a series of lakes which form the mouth of the Kanchalan River. The Anadyr River The Anadyr (; Yukaghir: Онандырь; ) is a river in the far northeast of Siberia which flows into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kresta Bay
Kresta Bay or Kresta Gulf (; ''Zaliv Kresta'') is a large bay of the Gulf of Anadyr on the southern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation. Administratively the bay is part of the Iultinsky District of Chukotka. Geography The Kresta Bay is open towards the south; it is almost 100 km in length and has an average width of about 43 km. There are two inlets and a coastal lagoon enclosed by a landspit inside the bay. Kresta Bay is now a tourist destination. Kresta Bay Airport, served by Chukotavia ChukotAVIA (, short for Чукотские авиалинии; ) is an airline based in Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It operates passenger, cargo, and utility services. Its main base is Anadyr Ugolny Airport. As of february 2025, i ..., is located by Egvekinot, a small harbor in the bay. History ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island (, ; , , ) is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the List of islands by area, 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian, 180th meridian (geography), meridian. The International Date Line is therefore displaced eastwards at this latitude to keep the island, as well as the Chukchi Peninsula on the Russian mainland, on the same day as the rest of Russia. The closest land to Wrangel Island is the tiny and rocky Herald Island (Arctic), Herald Island located to the east.Kosko, M.K., M.P. Cecile, J.C. Harrison, V.G. Ganelin, N.V., Khandoshko, and B.G. Lopatin, 1993Geology of Wrangel Island, Between Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Northeastern Russia.Bulletin 461, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa Ontario, 101 pp. Its straddling the 180th meridian makes its north shore at that point both the northeasternmost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
