Omolon (rural locality)

Omolon (Russian: Омолон) is a rural locality (a selo) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.[1] It is situated in the far southwest of the district near the border with Magadan Oblast. Population: 873 (2010 Census);[3] Municipally, Omolon is subordinated to Bilibinsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Omolon Rural Settlement.[6]

For other uses, see Omolon (disambiguation).
Omolon

Омолон
Selo[1]
Winter view of Omolon.
Location of Omolon
Omolon
Location of Omolon
Omolon
Omolon (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 65°16′N 160°28′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative districtBilibinsky District[1]
Founded1944[2]
Area
 • Total2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Elevation
265 m (869 ft)
Population
 • Total873
 • Estimate 
(January 2018)[5]
785
 • Density320/km2 (840/sq mi)
 • Municipal districtBilibinsky Municipal District[6]
 • Rural settlementOmolon Rural Settlement[6]
 • Capital ofOmolon Rural Settlement[6]
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 [7])
Postal code(s)[8]
689470
Dialing code(s)+7 42738[9]
OKTMO ID77609430101

History

Omolon was the headquarters for the sovkhoz (state farm) Omolon until 1992[10] Prior to 1992, the Sovkhoz had 15 separate herds of reindeer under its control.[10] From 1992 onwards, the Sovkhoz structure was dismantled bit by bit in line with the wider course of Russian privatisation.[10] Previously, the Sovkhoz had been in control of all of the major community services, such as power, education, health and other functions, which were now administered individually at rural settlement or district administrative level.[10] Four of the 15 brigades split from the former Sovkhoz and formed their own private enterprise and those remaining formed a limited liability company called TOO "Omolon"'.[10] This privatisation was not a success. Where previously the Sovkhoz had controlled the settlement's economy and its associated facilities, by 1998 there were nine separate entities involved in the same work and the number of reindeer held by the brigades had fallen from nearly 34,000 to just over 9,000.[10]

Geography

The village, previously called Oloy, Unyagan, and Shcherbakovo before the current name was settled upon in 1960,[11] is the most isolated populated place in Bilibinsky District. Omolon is situated on the banks of the Omolon River. The village is 670 kilometers (420 mi) from Bilibino and 780 kilometers (480 mi) from Anadyr.[2]

Economy

The main occupation of the inhabitants is reindeer herding.[11]

Demographics

The population as of the beginning of January 2012 was 855,[2] mainly Evens,[12] a reduction on the official 2010 census record of 873, of whom 453 were male and 420 female.[3][4] This represents a fall of around 200 from a 2006 estimate of 1,050 of which around 800 were indigenous peoples.[11] As of January 2012, the ethnic make up of the village was as following:

Demographic Composition - 2012
Indigenous People Number in Village Percentage of Population
Even

488

57%

Chukchi

178

21%

Yukagirs

27

3%

Koryaks

11

1%

Yupik

3

<1%

Others

148

17%

Total

855

100%

Source:[2]
Note: "Other" includes Russians and Ukrainians amongst others.

Based on a 2006 estimate, the population was 1,050 of which around 800 are indigenous peoples,[11] mainly Evens and Chukchi,[12] up from 936 people as recorded by an environmental impact report prepared in 2005 for the Kupol Gold Project.[13]

The head of the rural settlement is Viktoriya Valbertovna Sirova.[2]

Transport

Omolon is not connected by road to any other inhabited locality.[14] The only means of access to the village is along the Omolon River, which is navigable when not frozen, or by air.

There are plans to build a road, to be known as the Anadyr Highway, from the Kolyma Highway near Magadan to Omolon and further to Anadyr and Bilibino.

Air
Omolon Airport Terminal

Omolon Airport "Shcherbakhovo" with ICAO code UHMN is located at the edge of the village.

Streets

There is however a network of streets within the village including:[15]

  • Улица Авиаторов (Ulitsa Aviatorov, lit. Aviators' Street)
  • Улица Береговая (Ulitsa Beregovaya)
  • Улица Заречная (Ulitsa Zarechnaya)
  • Улица Клубная (Ulitsa Klubnaya, lit. Club Street)
  • Улица Лесная (Ulitsa Lechnaya, lit. Forest Street)
  • Улица Парковая (Ulitsa Parkovaya, lit. Park Street)
  • Улица Портовая (Ulitsa Portovaya)
  • Улица Профсоюзная (Ulitsa Profsoyuznaya, lit. Union Street)
  • Улица Советская (Ulitsa Sovetskaya, lit. Soviet Street)
  • Улица Сульженко (Ulitsa Sulzhenko)
  • Улица Черепова (Ulitsa Cherepova)
  • Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. School Street)
  • Улица Южная (Ulitsa Yuzhnaya, lit. South Street)

Climate

Omolon has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc/Dfd), with long, very cold winters, and short, cool summers. Average monthly temperatures range from −37.5 °C (−49.7 °F) in January to +14.8 °C (61.70 °F) in July. Mean monthly temperatures are below freezing from October through April and exceed +10 °C (50 °F) from June through August, with the intervening months of May and September constituting very short transitional seasons. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Omolon was −61.1 °C (−77.98 °F) in February 2002, but highest temperature was 34.0 °C (93.20 °F) in July 2010, yielding a temperature range of 95.1 °C. Temperature in summer months June, July and August, especially in July, often reach 30 °C (86.00 °F) and these are not uncommon occurrences.

Climate data for Omolon
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 3.0
(37.4)		 3.6
(38.5)		 4.0
(39.2)		 9.7
(49.5)		 25.5
(77.9)		 31.8
(89.2)		 34.0
(93.2)		 31.2
(88.2)		 25.3
(77.5)		 15.0
(59.0)		 4.4
(39.9)		 3.8
(38.8)		 34.0
(93.2)
Average high °C (°F) −33.5
(−28.3)		 −29.6
(−21.3)		 −17.9
(−0.2)		 −5.8
(21.6)		 7.4
(45.3)		 18.4
(65.1)		 21.2
(70.2)		 16.5
(61.7)		 8.4
(47.1)		 −5.7
(21.7)		 −21.6
(−6.9)		 −31.9
(−25.4)		 −6.2
(20.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −37.5
(−35.5)		 −34.7
(−30.5)		 −25.3
(−13.5)		 −13.0
(8.6)		 2.5
(36.5)		 12.2
(54.0)		 14.8
(58.6)		 10.4
(50.7)		 3.2
(37.8)		 −10.0
(14.0)		 −25.7
(−14.3)		 −35.7
(−32.3)		 −11.6
(11.1)
Average low °C (°F) −41.5
(−42.7)		 −39.5
(−39.1)		 −32.4
(−26.3)		 −21.1
(−6.0)		 −3.1
(26.4)		 5.6
(42.1)		 8.2
(46.8)		 4.6
(40.3)		 −1.5
(29.3)		 −14.2
(6.4)		 −29.9
(−21.8)		 −39.6
(−39.3)		 −17.0
(1.4)
Record low °C (°F) −60.9
(−77.6)		 −61.1
(−78.0)		 −57.2
(−71.0)		 −48.4
(−55.1)		 −30.2
(−22.4)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 −9.3
(15.3)		 −20.7
(−5.3)		 −37.7
(−35.9)		 −54.1
(−65.4)		 −59.9
(−75.8)		 −61.1
(−78.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10
(0.4)		 9
(0.4)		 9
(0.4)		 7
(0.3)		 13
(0.5)		 29
(1.1)		 44
(1.7)		 50
(2.0)		 26
(1.0)		 18
(0.7)		 18
(0.7)		 13
(0.5)		 246
(9.7)
Average rainy days 0 0 0 0.1 4 10 12 13 8 0.3 0 0 47.4
Average snowy days 15 14 13 9 4 0.4 0 0.1 4 18 16 17 110.5
Average relative humidity (%) 74 73 70 67 61 61 67 74 76 79 78 75 71
Source: Pogoda.ru.net[16]

See also

References

Notes
  1. Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. Official website of Bilibinsky Municipal District. Urban and Rural Settlements Archived 2011-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 28, 2012. (in Russian)
  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.
  4. The results of the 2010 Census are given for Omolon Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Bilibinsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Omolon is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Omolon Rural Settlement.
  5. 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 Archived 2019-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  6. Law #43-OZ, Article 2
  7. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Bilibinsky Municipal District
  10. The Obshchina in Chukotka - Land Property and Local Autonomy Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, Gray P.A. (2001), Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. p.11
  11. Fute, p. 104
  12. Norwegian Polar Institute. Indigenous Peoples of the north of the Russian Federation, Map 3.6, Chukotskiy Avtonomyy Okrug Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine June 2005, prepared by Bema Gold Corporation
  14. Map Q-57-58 Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine at Vlasenko.net
  15. Omolon - Bilibinsky District Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
  16. "Pogoda.ru.net" (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.

Sources
  • Bema Gold Corporation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia June 2005.
  • W. K. Dallmann. Indigenous Peoples of the north of the Russian Federation, Map 3.6, Chukotskiy Avtonomyy Okrug. 1997.
  • Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №33-ОЗ от 30 июня 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №55-ОЗ от 9 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чукотского автономного округа "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня его официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №7 (28), 14 мая 1999 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #33-OZ of June 30, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #55-OZ of June 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.).
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