Khandyga

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Khandyga (English)
Хандыга (Russian)
Хаандыга (Yakut)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Map of Russia - Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (2008-03).svg
Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Khandyga is located in Sakha Republic
Khandyga
Khandyga
Location of Khandyga in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
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Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district Tomponsky District[2]
Settlement Khandyga[2]
Administrative center of Tomponsky District,[2] Settlement of Khandyga[2]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Tomponsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Khandyga Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Tomponsky Municipal District,[4] Khandyga Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 6,638 inhabitants[5]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[6]
Founded 1938[citation needed]
Urban-type settlement status since 1957[2]
Postal code(s)[7] 678719, 678720
Official website
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Khandyga]] on Wikimedia Commons
Khandyga population
2010 Census 6,638[5]
2002 Census 7,025[8]
1989 Census 9,536[9]
1979 Census 7,176[10]

Khandyga (Russian: Хандыга; Yakut: Хаандыга) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the northeast corner of the Aldan River, where the river turns from north to west, the Kolyma Highway, 380 kilometers (240 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,638.[5]

History

It was founded in 1938 as a base for construction of the Kolyma Highway towards Magadan.[citation needed] During World War II, an airfield was built here for the Alaska-Siberian air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.[11] From 1951 until 1954, it served as a base for Yanstroy forced-labor camp of the gulag network.[12]

In 1954, Khandyga became the administrative center of Tomponsky District.[citation needed] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1957.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Khandyga[1] serves as the administrative center of Tomponsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Tomponsky District as the Settlement of Khandyga.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Khandyga is incorporated within Tomponsky Municipal District as Khandyga Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

There is summer hydrofoil service to Yakutsk. Khandyga is also served by the Teply Klyuch Airport (IATA: KDY).

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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, Khandyga is the administrative center of the Settlement of Khandyga.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Law #173-Z #353-III
  4. Law #172-Z #351-III
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  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 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)
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  11. Lebedev, pp. 44–49
  12. Yanstroy at Memorial Deutschland (German)

Sources

  • Igor Lebedev. Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia. Nova Publishers, 1997.
  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Tomponsky District. (Russian)
  • Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №172-З №351-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1535-З №597-V от 27 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 1 и 2 Закона Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 On Amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
  • Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).