Chekurovka Explained

En Name:Chekurovka
Ru Name:Чекуровка
Other Name:Чекуровка
Other Lang:Sakha
Coordinates:71.0483°N 127.5122°W
Map Label Position:left
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Bulunsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Bulunsky National (Evenk) Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Bulunsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Kyusyur Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:0
Postal Codes:678420

Chekurovka (Russian: Чекуровка; Yakut: Чекуровка) is a rural locality (a selo), in Bulunsky National (Evenk) Rural Okrug of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 60km (40miles) Kyusyur, the administrative centre of the rural okrug and 188km (117miles) from Tiksi, the administrative center of the district.[2] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 0,[3] the same as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Geography

Located on the Lena River, Chekurovka is 60km (40miles) north of the center of the rural settlements Kyusyur and 188km (117miles) southwest of Tiksi.

History

Prior to the dissolution of the village in 1970, Chekurovka was the centre of the Victory collective farm consisting of five reindeer herds, ten hunting areas and three fishing areas capable of producing up to one hundred tons of fish.[4] During its height, approximately one hundred families lived in the village supported by a primary school, club, shop, bakery and medical centre. In 1970, the population was forcibly moved and the village closed whilst nearby an underground nuclear explosion was carried out and a search for oil and gas was made. In 1992, families of former residents decided to resettle the site of the former village, with the site now consisting of two houses, a power plant and storage facilities employing 65 people.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #173-Z 353-III
  2. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities)
  4. Web site: Village of Chekurovka . Karakovsky . Alex . 9 December 2008 . www.deadcities.ru . Alex Karakovsky and "Web-Technique" Studio . 11 September 2015.