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Stekolny, Magadan Oblast
Stekolny (russian: Стекольный) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasynsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography The settlement is located to the southwest of Palatka, by the bank of river Kadykchan, close to its confluence with the Khasyn The Khasyn ( rus, Хасын) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East, a tributary of the Arman. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The R504 Kolyma Highway runs by the riverside along a long stretch. Google Earth The name of the riv .... References Urban-type settlements in Magadan Oblast {{MagadanOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan Oblast has a population of 156,996 ( 2010 Census), making it the least populated oblast and the third-least populated federal subject in Russia. Magadan is the largest city and the capital of Magadan Oblast. The majority of the Oblast's inhabitants live in the city. The coastline has a less severe climate than the interiors, although both are very cold for its latitude. It borders Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the north, Kamchatka Krai in the east, Khabarovsk Krai in the south and the Sakha Republic in the west. The economy is primarily based on mining, particularly gold, silver and other non-ferrous metals. History Magadan Oblast was established on December 3, 1953D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khasynsky District
Khasynsky District (russian: Хасы́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Magadan Oblast, eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia.Law #1292-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, it is incorporated as Khasynsky Urban Okrug.Law #1885-OZ Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Palatka, Magadan Oblast, Palatka. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 8,141, with the population of Palatka accounting for 52.1% of that number. Geography It is located in the south of the oblast and borders Yagodninsky District, Yagodninsky and Srednekansky Districts in the north, Omsukchansky District, Omsukchansky and Olsky Districts in the east, the territory of the city of federal subject significance, town of oblast significance of Magadan in the south, and Olsky and Tenkinsky Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Types Of Inhabited Localities In Russia
The classification system of human settlement, inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet Union, Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries. Classes During the Soviet Union, Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union, including the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities. After the history of the Soviet Union (1985-1991), dissolution of the Soviet Union, the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia was delegated to the federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects.Articles 71 and 72 of the Constitution of Russia do not name issues of the administrative and territorial structure among the tasks handled on the federal level or jointly with the governments of the federal subjects. As such, all federal subjects pass :Subtemplates of Template RussiaAdmMunRef, their own laws establishing the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban-type Settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: uk, с.м.т., translit=s.m.t.; be, пасёлак гарадскога тыпу, translit=pasiolak haradskoha typu; pl, osiedle typu miejskiego; bg, селище от градски тип, translit=selishte ot gradski tip; ro, așezare de tip orășenesc. is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (previously called a "town"), used in several Eastern European countries. The term was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union, and remains in use today in 10 of the post-Soviet states. The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922, when it replaced a number of terms that could have been translated by the English term "town" (Russia – '' posad'', Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than any other country but China. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. Kievan Rus' arose as a state in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatka, Magadan Oblast
Palatka (russian: Палатка, lit. ''tent'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Khasynsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Kolyma Highway, northwest of Magadan and about south of Atka. Population: Geography The settlement is located by the bank of the Khasyn, flowing from the Kolyma Mountains. History The exact date of foundation of the settlement is unclear, although it began at some point in the early 1930s as the area's gold reserves were explored, and a labor camp of the gulag was built here. The first official mention was in June 1932, when the first bridge was built over the Palatka River. In 1937, there were around 3,000 held at the prison settlement. The name ''Palatka'' is identical with the Russian word for 'tent', which has been suggested as the origin of the town's name as during the early period of the settlement's history it existed largely as a collection of tents and semi-permanent structures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khasyn
The Khasyn ( rus, Хасын) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East, a tributary of the Arman. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The R504 Kolyma Highway runs by the riverside along a long stretch. Google Earth The name of the river originated in the Even language word ''"Khesen"'', meaning "herd".Армань - Water of Russia (in Russian) Course The river has its source in the , to the north of Karamken at an elevation of about . It flows ini ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
