Volochanka

Volochanka
Волочанка
Settlement
Interactive map of Volochanka
Volochanka is located in Russia
Volochanka
Volochanka
Location of Volochanka
Volochanka is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Volochanka
Volochanka
Volochanka (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Coordinates: 70°58′38″N 94°32′39″E / 70.97722°N 94.54417°E / 70.97722; 94.54417
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai
Administrative districtTaymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
District townSelsovietDudinka
Population
 • Estimate 
(2010)
530 )
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal codes
647506, 647235Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID04653101106

Volochanka (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. It is located on the Kheta River in the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: 530 people (2010 est.).

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.

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. 1 2 Территориальный орган федеральной службы государственной статистики по Красноярскому краю. Волочанка (xls)[dead link] (in Russian)
  2. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.