| En Name: | Volochanka |
| Ru Name: | Волочанка |
| Coordinates: | 70.9772°N 94.5442°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Federal Subject: | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Adm District Jur: | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Dudinka |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | District town |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
| Inhabloc Type: | Settlement |
| Pop Latest: | 530 |
| Pop Latest Date: | 2010 |
Volochanka (Russian: Волоча́нка) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the district town of Dudinka in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.[1] It is located on the Kheta River in the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: 530 people (2010 est.).[2]
In 1932, native leaders of three nationalities, including the Dolgan and Yakuts, started a civil uprising in Volochanka against the Bolsheviks; twenty Party workers were killed and many others wounded in the event.[3] [4]
The inhabitants include representatives of Taymyr, Dolgans, and Nganasan indigenous peoples.
The settlement has a boarding school, kindergarten, district hospital, rural cultural center, a library, a branch of the Federal Postal Service, Department of "Telecommunications", and weather station.