Ust-Belaya ( Russian : Усть-Бе́лая ; Chukot : Куулючьын , Kuulûč’yn ) is a rural locality (a selo ) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia , located at the confluence of the Anadyr and the Belaya Rivers . Population: 856 ( 2010 Census ) ; Municipally, the settlement is subordinated to Anadyrsky Municipal District and incorporated as Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement .
17-631: The settlement lies on the banks of the Belaya River (so called because of the contrast between its waters and those of the Anadyr), near to where it flows into the Anadyr River . The Parapol-Belsky Lowlands lie to the west and the Anadyr Lowlands to the east. The village is situated on the northern slopes of the mountain, Gynryretyk ( Russian : Гынрырэтык , literally meaning "The Guardian"). The area in
34-514: A bakery and a hotel. There is also a weather station called "Muhomornaya" and a small Orthodox chapel. Population as of 2010 was 856, of whom 436 were male and 420 were female, a slight decrease on a 2005 estimate according to an environmental impact report prepared for the Kupol gold project, which placed the population at 869, down from 936, in 2003. Of the people living in the village in 2005, 685 were reported to be of indigenous origin. Ust-Belaya has
51-559: A continental subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc ) with very long, bitterly cold winters and very short, somewhat cool summers. Belaya River (Chukotka) The Belaya ( Russian : Бе́лая ) in its upper course Yurumkuveyem ( Chukot : Кувлючьывээм ; Russian : Юрумкувеем ) is a south-flowing tributary of the Anadyr in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia . The source of
68-415: A hospital. In 1930, a collective farm was established in the village and named "The First Revolutionary Committee of Chukotka". For the next five years, Ust-Belaya was the administrative centre of Anadyrsky District. The village is located in the immediate area where famous Chukchi reindeer herder Tenevil lived and the main economic driver of the settlement is still traditional reindeer husbandry aided by
85-518: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ust-Belaya Ust-Belaya ( Russian : Усть-Бе́лая ; Chukot : Куулючьын , Kuulûč’yn ) is a rural locality (a selo ) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia , located at the confluence of
102-399: Is located in the immediate area where famous Chukchi reindeer herder Tenevil lived and the main economic driver of the settlement is still traditional reindeer husbandry aided by the fact that more than two thirds of the population of the village are of indigenous origin. Currently, Ust-Belaya has a secondary school, an arts school, kindergarten, post office, communications center, a shop,
119-539: The Anadyr and the Belaya Rivers . Population: 856 ( 2010 Census ) ; Municipally, the settlement is subordinated to Anadyrsky Municipal District and incorporated as Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement . The settlement lies on the banks of the Belaya River (so called because of the contrast between its waters and those of the Anadyr ), near to where it flows into the Anadyr River . The Parapol-Belsky Lowlands lie to
136-470: The 1950s, the archeologist N.N. Dikov identified a burial site for a previously unknown people, who have been named after the village as the Ust-Belayan culture. Several Neolithic sites have been discovered in the vicinity of the village, on the banks of the river and at the eastern end of the settlement an ancient cemetery was partially destroyed during the construction of some warehouses. The settlement
153-675: The Enmyvaam it is named Belaya . The Belaya flows through sparsely populated areas of Chukotka, flows southwards across the eastern edge of the Anadyr Highlands and the Pekulney Range , and joins with the Enmyvaam in the Parapol-Belsky Lowlands , at the head of the Anadyr Lowlands . The Belaya meets the Anadyr more than 300 kilometres (190 mi) from its mouth in the mid-lower stretch of its course. Ust-Belaya village lies at
170-657: The Yurumkuveyem is in the northern Anadyr Mountains . Its main tributaries are the Bolshoy Pykarvaam, Chaavaam and Bolshaya Osinovaya from the left, and the Enmyvaam , which drains Lake Elgygytgyn , from the right. Its basin is 44,700 square kilometres (17,300 sq mi) and its length is 396 kilometres (246 mi) (487 km from its furthest source, that of the Bolshoy Pykarvaam). Downstream from its confluence with
187-566: The confluence of the Belaya and Anadyr. Below the confluence with the Belaya, the Anadyr separates into multiple smaller channels upriver from where the Tanyurer meets it. The Belaya and its tributaries are frozen for about eight to nine months in a year. A type of whitefish, Coregonus cylindraceus, is common in the waters of the Belaya River. This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article
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#1733085081111204-398: The fact that more than two thirds of the population of the village are of indigenous origin. Currently, Ust-Belaya has a secondary school, an arts school, kindergarten, post office, communications center, a shop, a bakery and a hotel. There is also a weather station called "Muhomornaya" and a small Orthodox chapel. Population as of 2010 was 856, of whom 436 were male and 420 were female,
221-436: The vicinity of the settlement was populated during neolithic times, and a toggled harpoon head found in a grave indicated that there was a viable walrus hunting economy present in the area around 3000 BCE. Furthermore, in the 1950s, the archeologist N.N. Dikov identified a burial site for a previously unknown people, who have been named after the village as the Ust-Belayan culture. Several Neolithic sites have been discovered in
238-478: The vicinity of the village, on the banks of the river and at the eastern end of the settlement an ancient cemetery was partially destroyed during the construction of some warehouses. The settlement was established by villagers from Markovo towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century, and is one of the oldest settlements in Chukotka. At the beginning of the twentieth century, V.Z. Niulin moved here from
255-422: The village of Markovo with approximately twenty other families from other camps in the surrounding area. in 1927, Nikulin opened a school in the village and the following year established a hospital. In 1930, a collective farm was established in the village and named "The First Revolutionary Committee of Chukotka". For the next five years, Ust-Belaya was the administrative centre of Anadyrsky District. The village
272-423: The west and the Anadyr Lowlands to the east. The village is situated on the northern slopes of the mountain, Gynryretyk ( Russian : Гынрырэтык , literally meaning "The Guardian"). The area in the vicinity of the settlement was populated during neolithic times, and a toggled harpoon head found in a grave indicated that there was a viable walrus hunting economy present in the area around 3000 BCE. Furthermore, in
289-419: Was established by villagers from Markovo towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century, and is one of the oldest settlements in Chukotka. At the beginning of the twentieth century, V.Z. Niulin moved here from the village of Markovo with approximately twenty other families from other camps in the surrounding area. in 1927, Nikulin opened a school in the village and the following year established
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