Deputatsky (Russian: Депута́тский; Yakut: Депутатскай, romanized: Deputatskay) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Selennyakh Range, about 930 kilometers (580 mi) north-northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,983.[3]
Deputatsky Депутатский | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Депутатскай |
Location of Deputatsky  | |
  Deputatsky Location of Deputatsky  Deputatsky Deputatsky (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 69°19′N 139°59′E / 69.317°N 139.983°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[2] |
| Administrative district | Ust-Yansky District[2] |
| Settlement | Deputatsky[2] |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1958[2] |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,983 |
| • Estimate (2018)[4] | 2,932 (−1.7%) |
| • Capital of | Ust-Yansky District,[2] Settlement of Deputatsky[2] |
| • Municipal district | Ust-Yansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Urban settlement | Deputatsky Urban Settlement[5] |
| • Capital of | Ust-Yansky Municipal District,[6] Deputatsky Urban Settlement[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (UTC+10:00  [7]) |
| Postal code(s)[8] | 678540, 678549 |
| OKTMO ID | 98656151051 |
| Website | www |
| 2010 Census | 2,983[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 3,602[9] |
| 1989 Census | 13,305[10] |
| 1979 Census | 5,331[11] |
Geography
Deputatsky is spread out along a 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) section of the Oyun-Unguokhtakh River, up to its mouth on the Irgichyan, which becomes a source of the Uyandina River.
History
It was founded in 1951 as a mining settlement, exploiting nearby deposits of tin.[12] In its early years, its workforce included Gulag prisoners. In 1958, Deputatsky was granted urban-type settlement status.[2] In 1967, it replaced the selo of Kazachye as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District.
Due to the downturn in the mining industry following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, more than three-quarters of population left during the 1990s. However, mine production continued and the population decline slowed down.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Deputatsky[1] serves as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ust-Yansky District as the Settlement of Deputatsky.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Deputatsky is incorporated within Deputatsky Municipal District as Deputatsky Urban Settlement.[5]
Transportation
Deputatsky is reachable by road to Ust-Kuyga, 250 kilometers (160 mi) away on the Yana River. From there, a winter road (zimnik) leads through Batagay and the Verkhoyansk Range to Topolinoye, from where the Kolyma Highway is accessible.
An unmaintained winter road heads east from Deputatsky down the Uyandina Valley to Belaya Gora.
A small airport on the northern edge of the settlement (ICAO-Code UEWD) provides air service.
Climate
Deputatsky has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc bordering on Dfd). Winters are prolonged and bitterly cold, with up to seven months of sub-zero high temperatures, so that the soil remains permanently frozen. Permafrost and tundra cover most of the region. Average temperatures range from −37.8 °C (−36.0 °F) in January to +12.3 °C (54.1 °F) in July.
| Climate data for Deputatsky | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) | −10.1 (13.8) | −0.7 (30.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 32.2 (90.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | −0.9 (30.4) | −7.7 (18.1) | 34.9 (94.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −33.7 (−28.7) | −31.8 (−25.2) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −9.9 (14.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 4.4 (39.9) | −11.3 (11.7) | −26.4 (−15.5) | −31.7 (−25.1) | −9.3 (15.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −37.8 (−36.0) | −36.4 (−33.5) | −29.6 (−21.3) | −17.3 (0.9) | −2.0 (28.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | −15.5 (4.1) | −30.4 (−22.7) | −35.8 (−32.4) | −14.6 (5.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −41.9 (−43.4) | −40.7 (−41.3) | −35.9 (−32.6) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −7.4 (18.7) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 3.5 (38.3) | −3.2 (26.2) | −19.9 (−3.8) | −34.6 (−30.3) | −39.9 (−39.8) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −59.6 (−75.3) | −57.5 (−71.5) | −53.5 (−64.3) | −50.3 (−58.5) | −35.2 (−31.4) | −10.1 (13.8) | −3.5 (25.7) | −8.8 (16.2) | −22.1 (−7.8) | −42.7 (−44.9) | −50.9 (−59.6) | −55.6 (−68.1) | −59.6 (−75.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) | 7 (0.3) | 6 (0.2) | 8 (0.3) | 15 (0.6) | 30 (1.2) | 45 (1.8) | 43 (1.7) | 25 (1.0) | 15 (0.6) | 9 (0.4) | 7 (0.3) | 217 (8.7) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.2 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 10.4 | 132.5 |
| Source 1: http://climatebase.ru/station/24076 | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: https://en.climate-data.org/location/770836/ (precipitation only) | |||||||||||||
See also
References
Notes
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Ust-Yansky District. (in Russian)
- Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №172-З №351-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1535-З №597-V от 27 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 1 и 2 Закона Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 On Amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
- Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).