Krasnoselkup Explained

En Name:Krasnoselkup
Ru Name:Красноселькуп
Coordinates:65.7056°N 82.46°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Adm District Jur:Krasnoselkupsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Krasnoselkupsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Pop 2010Census:3974

Krasnoselkup (Russian: Красноселькуп) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population:

History

Krasnoselkup was founded in 1933 on the site of the Selkup camp Nyaryi Mache. Translated from Selkup, this means "swampy, tundra forest".[1] [2]

In 2006, a school for 500 pupils was built.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Южно-Русское нефтегазоконденсатное месторождение. Губкинская Централизованная Библиотечная Система. 2018-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105200213/http://gcbs.ru/tum/Neft/Iujno_ruskoe.htm. 2018-01-05. dead.
  2. Web site: Южно-Русское месторождение — энергия природы на благо людям. Gazprom.ru. 5 September 2012.
  3. Web site: В ямальском поселке Красноселькуп открылась новая школа. Regrum. 5 February 2007.