Yanrakynnot () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in

Providensky District Providensky District (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Urèlḳujym rajon''; Yupik languages, Yupik: Уӷрилӄуйым район) is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #45-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Ch ...

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 wi ...

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.Directive #517-rp Population: Municipally, Yanrakynnot is a part of Yanrakynnot Rural Settlement in Providensky Municipal District.Law #45-OZ

Etymology

Its name is derived from the Chukchi word for "detached, firm land",Strogoff, p. 135 although other sources translate it as "the lonely stand", and others still say it means "hard place".

History

Like many of the small rural localities in Chukotka, the amenities of Yanrakynnot were affected by the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...

; the eight-grade school, for example, was downgraded to just a four-grade school.

Geography

Yanrakynnot is located on the shores of the Venetken (lit. "curved") lagoon, linked to the

administrative center An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of the district, the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

Provideniya Provideniya ( rus, Провиде́ния, p=prəvʲɪˈdʲenʲɪjə; Chukchi: ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Komsomolskay ...

, by an unpaved road.

Demographics

The population according to the most recent census data is 338, of whom 185 were male and 153 female, a slight increase on a 2008 estimate of 330.Yanrakynnot Area
– Beringia Park Website

Economy

Yanrakynnot is a traditional Chukchi locality, with the economy being dominated by whaling. The locality also serves as a base for those wishing to visit Whale Bone Alley on Yttygran Island or

Arakamchechen Island Arakamchechen Island (; Eskimo–Aleut languages, Eskimo–Aleut: ''Kigini'') is an island in the Bering Sea. Geography Arakamchechen lies north of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka. It is separated from th ...

Climate

Yanrakynnot has a

tundra climate The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. It is classified as ET according to the Köppen climate classification. It is a climate which at least one month has an average temperature high enough ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''ET'')McKnight and Hess, pp.235–7 because the warmest month has an average temperature between and .

Gallery

File:Market in Yanrakinnot.jpg, Market in Yanrakynnot File:Meat House.jpg, Meat drying outside File:Elders Playing Drums.jpg, Elder men playing sealskin drum File:Elders Dancing.jpg, Two elder ladies dancing File:Children in Yanrakinnot.jpg, Two children

References

Notes

Sources

*W. K. Dallmann
Indigenous Peoples of the north of the Russian Federation
Map 3.6, ''Chukotskiy Avtonomyy Okrug''. 1997. * * * * *I. Krupnik and N. Vakhti
In the 'House of Dismay': Knowledge, Culture and Post-Soviet Politics in Chukotka, 1995-6
(2002) in ''People and the Land. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia'', ed. E. Kasten *M Strogoff, P-C Brochet, and D. Auzia
''Petit Futé: Chukotka''
(2006). "Avant-Garde" Publishing House. {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Providensky District