Deputatsky

Deputatsky (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Selennyakh Range, about north-northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,983.

Geography Deputatsky is spread out along a section of the Oyun-Unguokhtakh River, up to its mouth on the Irgichyan, which becomes a source of the Uyandina River.

History It was founded in 1951 as a mining settlement, exploiting nearby deposits of tin. In its early years, its workforce included Gulag prisoners. In 1958, Deputatsky was granted urban-type settlement status.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic In 1967, it replaced the selo of Kazachye as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District.

Due to the downturn in the mining industry following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, more than three-quarters of population left during the 1990s. However, mine production continued and the population decline slowed down.

Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of DeputatskyAccording 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, Deputatsky is the administrative center of the Settlement of Deputatsky. serves as the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ust-Yansky District as the Settlement of Deputatsky. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Deputatsky is incorporated within Deputatsky Municipal District as Deputatsky Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z #353-III

Transportation Deputatsky is reachable by road to Ust-Kuyga, away on the Yana River. From there, a winter road (zimnik) leads through Batagay and the Verkhoyansk Range to Topolinoye, from where the Kolyma Highway is accessible.

An unmaintained winter road heads east from Deputatsky down the Uyandina Valley to Belaya Gora.

A small airport on the northern edge of the settlement (ICAO-Code UEWD) provides air service.

Climate Deputatsky has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc bordering on Dfd). Winters are prolonged and bitterly cold, with more than 8 months of sub-zero average temperatures, so that the soil remains permanently frozen. Permafrost and tundra cover most of the region. Average temperatures range from in January to in July.

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