Lorino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Explained

En Name:Lorino
Ru Name:Лорино
Other Name:Ԓьурэн
Other Lang:Chukchi
Map Label Position:left
Coordinates:65.5042°N -171.7042°W
Federal Subject:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Chukotsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Chukotsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Lorino Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Lorino Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:1267
Pop 2010Census Ref:[3]
Pop Latest:998
Pop Latest Date:January 2018
Pop Latest Ref:[4]
Postal Codes:689315
Dialing Codes:42736
Dialing Codes Ref:[5]

Lorino (Russian: Лорино; Chukchi: Ԓьурэн, Ḷ'urèn, lit. found camp;[6] Naukan: Lluughraq) is a rural locality (a selo) in Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located on the boundary of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea. Population: Municipally, Lorino is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and incorporated as Lorino Rural Settlement.

Geography

Lorino is the largest indigenous village in the whole autonomous okrug and larger even than Lavrentiya, the administrative centre of the district, which is found to the north-west. The village is located on the shores of the Bering Sea, on the Mechigmen spit. it is 40.5 km to the district centre.[7] Near the village are the Lorinski (Kukunyskie) hot springs.

History

The name "Lorino" comes from the Chukchi "льурэн" (lyuren), meaning "found camp".[8] The first mention of Lorino comes from the 18th century,[9] with the modern Chukchi village located on the site of the former Eskimo settlement of Nukak [6].[10] The main occupations of the inhabitants are sea mammal hunting, reindeer herding and fishing and the village is the base for the municipal agricultural enterprise "Keper" (Russian: Кэпэр). A fox farm was established in the village in 1955 and a processing factory for seafood and meat canning was opened in 2009.[11]

Culture

The area around the village was used as the setting for the film The Chief of Chukotka. The Lorino hot springs are located 15km (09miles) from the village.

The village has a high school, a daycare center, a boarding school, a cultural center, a food store, a hospital, a post-office, and a breeding farm with more than 300 Arctic foxes. The Lorino Dawns native ensemble under the guidance of N. Ginuntegin is based in the village.

Demographics

The population as of the official 2010 census results was 1267, of whom 628 were male and 639 female. This is a reduction on a 2003 estimate by Red Cross Chukotka as 1,419,[12] of which 1,288 were indigenous peoples.

Transport

The village of Lorino is linked to Lavrentiya by a 40km (30miles) unpaved road. There is, however, a small number of roads within the settlement including:[13]

Climate

Lorino has a Tundra climate (ET)[14] because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0°C and 10°C.

See also

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. Law #47-OZ, Article 3
  3. The results of the 2010 Census are given for Lorino Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Chukotsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Lorino is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Lorino Rural Settlement.
  4. Office of the Federal State Statistics Service for Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Численность населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года
  5. http://www.minjustmag.ru/chu.html Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
  6. V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР (Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR) (1989) Magadan. p.329
  7. http://www.izbirkomchao.anadyr.ru/doc_k_disk/raions/chuk_r/lorino/lorino.htm Село Лорино
  8. Strogoff, p. 114
  9. http://www.chukotnews.ru/articles/article_1598 Традиционный праздник села отметили жители Лорино
  10. Web site: Beringia Park - Lorino . Ethnic and Natural Park Beringia . 2011-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816083119/http://beringiapark.ru/index.php?right=lorino . 2013-08-16 . dead .
  11. Web site: Поселения Чукотского района (Settlements in Chukotsky District) . Официальный сайт Чукотского муниципального района (Chukotsky District Official Website) . 2011-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100725193523/http://chukotraion.ru/places/index.html . 2010-07-25 . dead .
  12. Red Cross of Chukotka. Chukotsky District (Archived)
  13. http://www.pochtovik.su/rosindex/87/87007000003s.htm Lorino - Chukotsky District
  14. McKnight and Hess, pp.235-7