Inchoun (russian: Инчоун,
Chukchi: ,
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, Beringia Nature Park Website. Retrieved 12 April 2012 ''I’nčuvin'';
Yupik: Инсиг’вик
) is a
rural locality (a ''
selo'') in
Chukotsky District of
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a bo ...
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Russia
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It is located on the shores of the
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west ...
, about west of
Uelen
Uelen (russian: Уэлéн; Chukchi: , ''Uvèlèn''; Siberian Yupik: Улыӄ, ''Ulyḳ''; Naukan Yupik: Олыӄ, ''Oleq''; also known as Whalen in older English-language sources and Ugelen on USCGS charts) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') ...
. Population:
Municipally Inchoun is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Inchoun Rural Settlement.
History
Pre-history
The name of the village comes from the
Chukchi word ''I'nchuvin'', meaning "a cut-off nose tip". This strange appellation is derived from a nearby cliff with a large rock at its base that is said to look like a nose cut from a face. There is a Chukchi dancing troupe in the village called ''Vyrykvyn''.
Excavations carried out by the Museum of Chukotka Heritage Centre and the State Museum of Northern Art at the Palpeygak (russian: Пальпейгак) site (named after a nearby eponymous creek) revealed finds indicating that the area had been inhabited for the last 3000 years
[Муниципальное образование сельское поселение Инчоун](_blank)
Municipal Formation of the Rural Settlement of Inchoun - Official Website of Chukotsky District]
Twentieth Century
In 1945 Inchoun had the best Soviet reading rooms in the Okrug.
In the 1950s, construction began on wooden houses in the village and by 1957, the first nine families moved out of their
Yaranga and into these new houses.
Demographics
The population of the village as of 2009 was 398
an increase on the estimate in 2008 of 365,
which itself was down from the figure given in March 2003 of 373 (of which 353 were indigenous peoples).
[Red Cross of Chukotka]
Chukotsky District
(Archived) The official census results indicate a slight reduction on the 2009 estimate to 387,
of whom 185 were male and 202 female.
Transport
Inchoun is 150 miles from the district centre
Lavrentiya and is not connected to any other part of the world by permanent road. However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:
* Улица Ачиргина (Ulitsa Achyrgyna)
* Улица Коммунистическая (Ulitsa Kommunisticheskaya, lit. ''Communist Street'')
* Улица Морзверобоев (Ulitsa Morzveroboyev, li. ''Walrus-hunting Brigade Street'')
* Улица Тенетегина (Ulitsa Tenetegina)
* Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. ''Central Street'')
* Улица Шипина (Ulitsa Shipina)
* Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. ''School Street'')
Climate
Inchoun has a
Tundra
In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mo ...
climate (''ET'')
[McKnightand Hess, pp.235-7] because the warmest month has an average temperature between and .
Photo gallery
File:Inchoun 1 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village (Chukchi Sea, Russia;
66°17’56‘‘N, 170°17‘6‘‘W)
File:Inchoun 2 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village, schoolhouse
File:Inchoun 3 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village
File:Inchoun 4 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village
See also
*
List of inhabited localities in Chukotsky District
References
Notes
Sources
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*Strogoff, M, Brochet, P-C and Auzias, D
''Petit Futé: Chukotka'' "Avant-Garde" Publishing House, 2006.
{{Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukchi Sea