En Name: | Lebediny |
Ru Name: | Лебединый |
Loc Name1: | Лебединай |
Loc Lang1: | Yakut |
Coordinates: | 58.4833°N 154°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Aldansky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Settlement of Lebediny |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Settlement |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Aldansky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Leninsky Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 1058 |
Pop Latest: | 993 |
Pop Latest Date: | January 2016 |
Pop Latest Ref: | [2] |
Established Date: | 1927 |
Current Cat Date: | 1969 |
Postal Codes: | 678946 |
Lebediny population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 1,058 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 1,254 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 2,345 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 2,308 |
Lebediny (Russian: Лебеди́ный; Yakut: Лебединай) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 26km (16miles) from Aldan, the administrative center of the district.[3] As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,058.
"Lebediny" is a Russian adjective literally meaning swan-like or of the swan; the name is said to refer to a local legend that swans rested here while migrating south for the winter.
It was founded in 1927 in connection to development of local gold deposits, with the Lebediny gold mine beginning operation in 1933. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1967.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Lebediny[4] is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Orochen 1-y), incorporated within Aldansky District as the Settlement of Lebediny. As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Lebediny and the Settlement of Leninsky are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as Leninsky Urban Settlement.[5]
Like nearby Yakokut and Leninsky, Lebediny is a gold-mining settlement. The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway also passes adjacent to the settlement, which is serviced by Kosarevsky railway station.