Khandyga
Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other Khandyga (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Xaandıga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,638.[1]
Geography
Khandyga is located on the northeast corner of the Aldan River, by a bend where the river turns from north to west. The R504 Kolyma Highway passes through the town and the Ulakhan-Bom and Sette-Daban mountain ranges rise to the east.[2]
History
It was founded in 1938 as a base for the construction of the Kolyma Highway towards Magadan.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.[3] From 1951 until 1954, it served as a base for Yanstroy forced-labor camp of the gulag network.[4]
In 1954, Khandyga became the administrative center of Tomponsky District.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1957.[5]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Khandyga[6] serves as the administrative center of Tomponsky District.[5] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Tomponsky District as the Settlement of Khandyga.[5] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Khandyga is incorporated within Tomponsky Municipal District as Khandyga Urban Settlement.[7]
Transportation
There is a summer hydrofoil service to Yakutsk (The hydrofoil service was cancelled in 1998). Khandyga is also served by the Teply Klyuch Airport (Template:Comma separated entries).
References
Notes
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- ↑ ТРРС 3 / 104А. Описание местности (in Russian)
- ↑ Lebedev, pp. 44–49
- ↑ Yanstroy at Memorial Deutschland (German)
- ↑ a b c Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Law #173-Z #353-III
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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. Template:In lang
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