Deputatsky Explained

En Name:Deputatsky
Ru Name:Депутатский
Loc Name1:Депутатскай
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:69.3167°N 198°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Ust-Yansky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Deputatsky
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of1:Ust-Yansky District
Adm Ctr Of2:Settlement of Deputatsky
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Ust-Yansky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Deputatsky Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Ust-Yansky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref:[1]
Mun Admctr Of2:Deputatsky Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:2983
Established Date:1951
Current Cat Date:1958
Postal Codes:678540, 678549
Website:http://www.sakha.gov.ru/deputatsky
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Deputatsky population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:2,983
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:3,602
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:13,305
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:5,331

Deputatsky (Russian: Депута́тский; Yakut: Депутатскай|translit=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 930km (580miles) north-northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,983.

Geography

Deputatsky is spread out along a 10km (10miles) 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.[2] In its early years, its workforce included Gulag prisoners. In 1958, Deputatsky was granted urban-type settlement status.[3] 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[4] serves as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ust-Yansky District as the Settlement of Deputatsky. 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, 250km (160miles) 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 in January to in July.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Law #172-Z #351-III
  2. Web site: поселок Депутатский. deputatsky.ru. August 2, 2018.
  3. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  4. According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Deputatsky is the administrative center of the Settlement of Deputatsky.
  5. Law #173-Z #353-III