Chersky (urban-type settlement)

For other places with the same name, see Chersky (inhabited locality).
Chersky (English)
Черский (Russian)
Черскэй (Yakut)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Chersky
Location of Chersky in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 68°46′N 161°20′E / 68.767°N 161.333°E / 68.767; 161.333Coordinates: 68°46′N 161°20′E / 68.767°N 161.333°E / 68.767; 161.333
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district Nizhnekolymsky District[2]
Settlement Settlement of Chersky[2]
Administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District,[2] Settlement of Chersky[2]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Chersky Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District,[4] Chersky Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 2,857 inhabitants[5]
Time zone MAGT (UTC+11:00)[6]
Founded 1931
Urban-type settlement status since 1963[2]
Previous names Nizhniye Kresty (until 1963)
Postal code(s)[7] 678829–678831
Chersky population
2010 Census 2,857[5]
2002 Census 3,832[8]
1989 Census 11,176[9]
1979 Census 9,726[10]

Chersky (Russian: Че́рский; Yakut: Черскэй) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Kolyma River, 1,920 kilometers (1,190 mi) east from Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,857.[5]

History

It was founded as Nizhniye Kresty (Нижние Кресты) in 1931. In 1963, it was granted urban-type settlement status[2] and renamed Chersky, after Jan Czerski, a Polish geographer who organized several expeditions in the surrounding area in the 1880s. From the 1950s to the early 1990s, Chersky hosted logistical wing for drifting ice stations, which run a supply route via the Zhokhov Island.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Chersky[1] serves as the administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Petushki[11]), incorporated within Nizhnekolymsky District as the Settlement of Chersky.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chersky is incorporated within Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District as Chersky Urban Settlement.[3]

Economy

It is served by the Chersky Airport. In 1981, Sergey Zimov established here the Pleistocene Park, a place for studies of global warming, pleistocene ecology, and permafrost.

Climate

Chersky has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc).

Climate data for Chersky
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 3.1
(37.6)		 1.3
(34.3)		 3.4
(38.1)		 10.1
(50.2)		 27
(80.6)		 32.2
(90.0)		 35
(95.0)		 29.7
(85.5)		 23.7
(74.7)		 11.7
(53.1)		 5
(41.0)		 5.1
(41.2)		 35
(95)
Average high °C (°F) −29.3
(−20.7)		 −28.6
(−19.5)		 −20.1
(−4.2)		 −10.1
(13.8)		 4
(39.2)		 15.2
(59.4)		 17.3
(63.1)		 13.8
(56.8)		 6.3
(43.3)		 −7.6
(18.3)		 −20.5
(−4.9)		 −27.7
(−17.9)		 −7.27
(18.89)
Daily mean °C (°F) −32.5
(−26.5)		 −31.6
(−24.9)		 −24.1
(−11.4)		 −14.6
(5.7)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 10.4
(50.7)		 12.6
(54.7)		 9.5
(49.1)		 2.9
(37.2)		 −10.4
(13.3)		 −23.7
(−10.7)		 −30.9
(−23.6)		 −11.04
(12.12)
Average low °C (°F) −36
(−32.8)		 −35.3
(−31.5)		 −29.4
(−20.9)		 −21.1
(−6.0)		 −5.5
(22.1)		 4.9
(40.8)		 7.4
(45.3)		 5.1
(41.2)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −13.7
(7.3)		 −27.2
(−17.0)		 −34.2
(−29.6)		 −15.45
(4.18)
Record low °C (°F) −52.2
(−62.0)		 −53.9
(−65.0)		 −48
(−54.4)		 −40
(−40.0)		 −30
(−22.0)		 −8
(17.6)		 0
(32.0)		 −11.2
(11.8)		 −15
(5.0)		 −33.8
(−28.8)		 −43.9
(−47.0)		 −49.8
(−57.6)		 −53.9
(−65)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23
(0.9)		 13
(0.5)		 13
(0.5)		 18
(0.7)		 25
(1.0)		 51
(2.0)		 61
(2.4)		 71
(2.8)		 56
(2.2)		 41
(1.6)		 25
(1.0)		 18
(0.7)		 415
(16.3)
Average precipitation days 12.2 9.2 10.9 8.2 9.2 8.4 10.0 11.3 14.8 17.9 14.3 14.9 141.3
Average relative humidity (%) 86.7 83.9 81.4 76.4 74.8 71.2 76.9 82.4 84.2 88.9 89.4 86.9 81.93
Source: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=32152

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 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, Chersky is the administrative center of the Settlement of Chersky.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #173-Z #353-III
  4. ↑ Law #172-Z 351-III
  5. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  11. ↑ The selo of Petushki is listed under the administrative jurisdiction of Chersky in the 2009 edition of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, but is not mentioned in Law 173-Z #353-III as a part of Chersky Urban Settlement within the municipal divisions framework. It was slated for liquidation in 2005; however, it had never been abolished officially.

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