Volochanka
Volochanka (‹See Tfd›Russian: Волоча́нка) 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.[2] It is located on the Kheta River in the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: 530 people (2010 est.).[1]
Volochanka
Волочанка | |
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Settlement | |
  Volochanka Location of Volochanka  Volochanka Volochanka (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 70°58′38″N 94°32′39″E / 70.97722°N 94.54417°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
| District town | Dudinka |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2010)[1] | 530 |
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.[3][4]
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] (in Russian)
- ^ Nordic Council for Arctic Medical Research; International Union for Circumpolar Health (1996). Arctic medical research. Nordic Council for Arctic Medical Research. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Soto, Hermine G. De (August 31, 2000). Fieldwork Dilemmas: Anthropologists In Postsocialist States. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-299-16374-7. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ Schweitzer, Peter P.; Biesele, Megan; Hitchcock, Robert K. (2000). Hunters and Gatherers in the Modern World: Conflict, Resistance, and Self-Determination. Berghahn Books. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-57181-101-1. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
External links
- Information about Volochanka (in Russian)