Khalmer-Yu Explained

For other uses see Khalmer-Yu (disambiguation).

Khalmer-Yu^[1] (Russian: Хальмер-Ю, Хальмер'ю^[2]) is a ghost town, a former urban-type settlement in Komi Republic, Russia, disestablished in 1995. Its main occupation was coal mining of high-quality coke coal in Pechora coal basin. It was administered by Gornyatsky district council of Vorkuta.^[3]

It was named after the . The name is translated from Nenets language as "River in the Death Valley", because the place was used a burial grounds by the indigenous population.^[3]

Coal in the area was discovered in the early 1940s. Industrial mining started in 1957. Initially the settlement, together with the surrounding coal fields belonged to Nenets Autonomous Okrug. However mining was carried out by Vorkutugol (Воркутуголь, "Vorkutcoal") combine. Therefore, eventually was transferred to Komi ASSR in November 1959.^[4]

In 1993 it was decided to shut down mining operations^[5] and to liquidate the settlement by 1995.^[6] The last settlements were forcibly removed with the help of OMON.^[7]

In the early 2000s it became part of a military proving ground Pemboy (Пембой) as a result of the restoration of the aviation proving ground Khalmer-Yu which existed since the 1960s 15–20 km northeast of the settlement.^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

External links

67.9439°N 64.7414°W

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20100125174742/http://halmer-u.info/ Khalmer-Yu portal
2. Web site: Ненецко-русский словарь.. Терещенко Н. М.. 2008. «Просвещение».
3. http://www.halmer-u.narod.ru/halmer-u/p132.htm "Valley of Life (about Khalmer-Yu settlememnt)"
4. http://www.agiks.ru/patterns/PP-7/current/vorkuta.htm "Историческая справка. МО ГО "Воркута""
5. http://halmer-u.narod.ru/halmer-u/p133.htmПостановление № 1351 «О ликвидации шахты „Хальмер-Ю“ производственного объединения „Воркутауголь“ и мерах социальной защиты населения поселка Хальмер-Ю Республики Коми»
6. В. И. Ильина Власть и уголь: шахтерское движение Воркуты (1989—1998 годы), Syktyvkar, Syktyvkar State University, 1998.
7. http://halmer-u.narod.ru/halmer-u/p131.htm Закрытие “Хальмер-Ю”
8. http://www.halmer-u.narod.ru/halmer-u/p134.htm An official answer of military to a citizen's request about the shooting range
9. http://www.lenta.ru/articles/2005/08/17/putin/ Игра в запуски. Lenta.ru
10. http://www.russianla.com/common/arc/story.php?id_cr=101&id=214433 Бомбардировщики Ту-160 с Путиным обстреляли дом культуры в посёлке Хальмер-Ю
11. http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=938152&938152 Учения Стратегических ядерных сил. 20.10.2012
12. https://archive.today/20121209122315/http://lelik1970.livejournal.com/4259.html lelik1970 - "Панцири" в Воркуте