Keperveyem (russian: Кепервеем;
Chukchi: , ''Ḳèpèrvèèm'') is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo'') in
Bilibinsky District
Bilibinsky District (russian: Били́бинский райо́н; , ''Bilibinkèn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #43-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west ...
of
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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,
Russia
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.
Municipally, Keperveyem is subordinated to Bilibinsky Municipal District and is incorporated within Bilibino Urban Settlement.
Population:
The name Keperveyem comes from the
Chukchi for ''Wolverine River''.
[Information on Keperveyem](_blank)
Electoral Commission of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Избирательная комиссия Чукотского автономного округа). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
Geography
Keperveyem is located just southwest of
Bilibino
Bilibino (russian: Били́бино) is a town and the administrative center of Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. It is the second l ...
on the banks of the
Bolshoy Keperveyem River
Bolshoi (, meaning ''big'', ''large'', ''great'', ''grand'', etc.) may refer to:
*Bolshoi Theatre, a ballet and opera theatre in Moscow, Russia
**Bolshoi Ballet, a ballet company at the Bolshoi Theatre
* Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg, a ballet ...
, near its
confluence
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with the
Maly Anyuy River
The Maly Anyuy (russian: Ма́лый Аню́й; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the Kolyma basin in the Russian Far East. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative re ...
.
[Strogoff, M. ''et al.'' (2006), p.104] The
Kyrganay Range
The Kyrganay Range (russian: хребет Кырганай or хребет Кыргонай) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District.
The village of Kepervey ...
rises to the east and the
Chuvanay Range
The Chuvanay Range (russian: Чуванайские Горы), also known as Chuvan Mountains (Чуванский хребет), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino ...
to the southeast of the town.
Aliskerovo
Aliskerovo (russian: Алискерово) is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 1, a reduction from 7 ( 2002 Census); Geography
Keperveyem is located just ...
is located to the east, at the eastern end of the Kyrganay Range.
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History
The village was founded in 1934 following the collectivisation of a number of nomadic herders into a collective farm called Vperyod (russian: Вперёд), which was initially located further north on the
Rauchua River near its mouth on the shore if the East Siberian Sea. In 1947, the collective farm was moved to the present site of the village on the banks of the River Keperveyem. A new airfield was developed in the winter of 1963, which would go on to become the gateway to Bilibinsky District.
Change in municipal status
On November 20, 2010, a law was passed abolishing Keperveyem Rural Settlement.
Keperveyem still exists as a ''selo'', but is now municipally incorporated into Bilibino Urban Settlement.
The local municipal administration of Keperveyem was abolished, and governmental power, along with municipal property, property rights and budgets were transferred to Bilibino municipal administration.
Demographics
The population as at January 2010 was 336, of whom 166 were male and 170 female,
a slight variation on a 2010 estimate of 328 on the Bilibinsky District Official website,
and down from an estimated population of 461 in 2005 in a report on the
Kupol gold project.
[Bema Gold Corporation, p.89] The head of the village is Sergei Mikhalin.
The village was demographically organised thus:
Economy and Culture
Inhabitants are reindeer herding, fishing, hunting, seasonal picking berries and mushrooms, as well as maintenance of the airfield infrastructure. The village is also the base of the municipal agricultural enterprise "Keperveem."
The village has a Children's Art School, post office, recreation center, library, shop and operates a boarding school. In 1998, the school was reorganized into a single complex kindergarten-school through the merger of middle school and kindergarten "Brusnichka" and this is where a number children from remote villages and camps live and study during the academic year. The school operates an art studio "Northern Lights", the national dance studio "Nutengrep" publishes the newspaper "Chic" and has created its own museum. School is the winner of the All-Russia competition of educational institutions, introducing innovative educational programs, in 2007 it was awarded a grant in the amount of 1 million rubles.
A Young Reindeer Festival is held here every August on Native Peoples' Day.
There is a folklore ensemble in the village called ''Nutengrep'' (russian: Нутэнгрэп).
Transport
The village is 36 km from the district centre Bilibino
and approximately 626 km from the okrug centre
Anadyr Anadyr may refer to:
*Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
* Anadyr District
*Anadyr Estuary
*Anadyr (river), a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr Highlands
*Anadyr Lowlands
*Operat ...
.
It is the site of
Keperveyem Airport
Keperveyem Airport (russian: Аэропорт Кепервеем) is an airport located in Keperveyem, in the Chukotka autonomous district of Russia. It also serves Bilibino, with which it is connected with a long gravel road.
Airlines and D ...
, which serves Bilibino, around which the village is situated.
There is also a road linking Keperveyem and the airport with Bilibino and onward to
Vesenny There is also a small network of roads within the settlement including:
* Улица Береговая (Ulitsa Beregovaya, lit. ''Coastal Street'')
* Улица Билибина (Ulitsa
Bilibina, lit. ''Bilibin Street'')
* Улица Гагарина (Ulitsa
Gagarina, lit. ''Gagarin Street'')
* Улица Кавракая (Ulitsa Kavrakaya)
* Улица Комарова (Ulitsa Komarova)
* Улица Лесная (Ulitsa Lechnaya, lit. ''Forest Street'')
* Улица Портовая (Ulitsa Portovaya, lit. ''Port Street'')
* Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. ''Central Street'')
Climate
Keperveyem has a Continental
Subarctic or
Boreal
Boreal may refer to:
Climatology and geography
*Boreal (age), the first climatic phase of the Blytt-Sernander sequence of northern Europe, during the Holocene epoch
*Boreal climate, a climate characterized by long winters and short, cool to mild ...
(
taiga
Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces ...
) climate (''Dfc'').
[McKnight and Hess, pp.232–5]
See also
*
List of inhabited localities in Bilibinsky District
References
Notes
Sources
*Bema Gold Corporation
Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East RussiaJune 2005.
*
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*Strogoff, M, Brochet, P-C and Auzias, D
''Petit Futé: Chukotka'' "Avant-Garde" Publishing House, 2006.
External links
Keperveyem photo gallery
{{Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Populated places of Arctic Russia