Inchoun

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History

Pre-history

The name of the village comes from the Chukchi word I'nchuvin, meaning "a cut-off nose tip". This strange appellation is derived from a nearby cliff with a large rock at its base that is said to look like a nose cut from a face.[5] There is a Chukchi dancing troupe in the village called Vyrykvyn.[1]

Excavations carried out by the Museum of Chukotka Heritage Centre and the State Museum of Northern Art at the Palpeygak (Template:Langx) site (named after a nearby eponymous creek) revealed finds indicating that the area had been inhabited for the last 3000 years[6]

Twentieth Century

In 1945 Inchoun had the best Soviet reading rooms in the Okrug.[6] In the 1950s, construction began on wooden houses in the village and by 1957, the first nine families moved out of their Yaranga and into these new houses.[6]

Demographics

The population of the village as of 2009 was 398[6] an increase on the estimate in 2008 of 365,[1] which itself was down from the figure given in March 2003 of 373 (of which 353 were indigenous peoples).[7] The official census results indicate a slight reduction on the 2009 estimate to 387,[8] of whom 185 were male and 202 female.[3]

Transport

Inchoun is 150 miles from the district centre Lavrentiya[6] and is not connected to any other part of the world by permanent road. However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[9]

  • Улица Ачиргина (Ulitsa Achyrgyna)
  • Улица Коммунистическая (Ulitsa Kommunisticheskaya, lit. Communist Street)
  • Улица Морзверобоев (Ulitsa Morzveroboyev, li. Walrus-hunting Brigade Street)
  • Улица Тенетегина (Ulitsa Tenetegina)
  • Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)
  • Улица Шипина (Ulitsa Shipina)
  • Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. School Street)

Climate

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See also

References

Notes

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  1. a b c d Inchoun Information Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Beringia Nature Park Website. Retrieved 12 April 2012
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  7. Red Cross of Chukotka. Chukotsky District (Archived)
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  10. McKnightand Hess, pp.235-7

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