Volochanka
| Volochanka (English) Волочанка (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District[citation needed] |
| District town | Dudinka[citation needed] |
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| Population (2010 est.) | 530 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00)[2] |
| [[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Volochanka]] on Wikimedia Commons | |
Volochanka (Russian: Волочанка) 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.[3] It is located on the Kheta River in the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: 530 people (2010 est.).[1]
History
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.[4][5]
Demographics
The inhabitants include representatives of Taymyr, Dolgans, and Nganasan indigenous peoples.
Infrastructure
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Территориальный орган федеральной службы государственной статистики по Красноярскому краю. Волочанка (xls)[dead link] (Russian)
- ↑ 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.).
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External links
- Information about Volochanka (Russian)
