Lebediny, Sakha Republic Explained

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.

Etymology

"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.

History

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.

Administrative and municipal status

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]

Economy

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #173-Z 353-III
  2. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года
  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, Lebediny is the administrative center of the Settlement of Lebediny.
  5. Law #173-Z 353-III