Lensk
(The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))
OKATO code:
98227501
Founded:
before 1663
Urban settlement since:
1957
City since:
1963 City of district subordination (Lensky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))
Center:
Lensky district
The city was formerly called:
| Mukhtuya | 1963 |
| Telephone code (reference phone) | |
| 41137***** | 09-1-11 |
Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
6
Geographic latitude:
60°43′
Geographic longitude:
114°54′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
180 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Lensk
Climate
Lensk has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification DFC
). Winters are very cold and long with average temperatures of -34.1 to -25.3 °C (-29.4 to -13.5 °F) in January, while summers are mild and short with average temperatures of + 10 to +23.9 °C (50.0 °C). to 75.0 °F) in July. Precipitation is moderate and significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.
| Climate data for Lensk | |||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | October | But I | December | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −0.1 (31.8) | 2.2 (36.0) | 12.6 (54.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.3 (97.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −25.3 (−13.5) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −8.4 (16.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | −15.6 (3.9) | −24.1 (−11.4) | −0.4 (31.2) |
| Daily average °C (°F) | −29 (−20) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −15.4 (4.3) | −3.6 (25.5) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 5.8 (42.4) | −5.3 (22.5) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −27.9 (−18.2) | −5.7 (21.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −34.1 (−29.4) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −24.3 (−11.7) | −11.9 (10.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | 0.3 (32.5) | −10.2 (13.6) | −24.9 (−12.8) | −32.8 (−27.0) | −12.3 (9.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −55.8 (−68.4) | −56.1 (−69.0) | −47.2 (−53.0) | −37.8 (−36.0) | −15 (5) | −5.9 (21.4) | −3 (27) | −5.5 (22.1) | −12.8 (9.0) | −32.8 (−27.0) | −48.9 (−56.0) | −56.1 (−69.0) | −56.1 (−69.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 24.9 (0.98) | 23.3 (0.92) | 17.9 (0.70) | 34.2 (1.35) | 42.6 (1.68) | 69.7 (2.74) | 50.3 (1.98) | 59.3 (2.33) | 65.0 (2.56) | 43.0 (1.69) | 38.2 (1.50) | 24.8 (0.98) | 493.2 (19.41) |
| Source: climbase.ru (1948-2011)[12] | |||||||||||||
Map
| Lensk: maps |
Lensk: photo from space (Google Maps) Lensk: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)
| Lensk. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. Using the hyperlink in the distance , you can get the route (information courtesy of the AutoTransInfo website) | |||
| 1 | Peaceful | 208 () | WITH |
| 2 | Suntar | 215 () | NE |
| 3 | Mom (Irkutsk region) | 291 () | SW |
| 4 | Olekminsk | 304 () | IN |
| 5 | Bodaibo | 321 () | YU |
| 6 | Nyurba | 336 () | NE |
| 7 | Erbogachen (Irkutsk region) | 376 () | Z |
a brief description of
Located on the Prilensky plateau, on the left bank of the Lena, 840 km (by air) west of Yakutsk. Large river port. Connected by road with the city of Mirny.
Territory (sq. km): 4222
Information about the city of Lensk on the Russian Wikipedia site
Historical sketch
Founded no later than 1663 as a settlement of “industrial” people on the site of the Evenki camp Mukhtui (Mukhtukuevskaya village).
In the 1730s. To serve the 2nd Kamchatka expedition of V. Bering, the Yamskaya (postal) station Mukhtuya was opened.
In the 19th - early 20th centuries. - a place of political exile.
The city grew in connection with the discovery and development of diamond deposits in the Vilyuya basin. The village of Mukhtuya (Evenki “big water”), as the closest (280 km) Lena village to the Mir kimberlite pipe, became the base for the construction of the city of Mirny. In 1956, construction of a road began from Mukhtui to the future Mirny, and the first berths of the port were built.
Since 1957, the working village of Mukhtuya. City of Lensk since 1963. Name after the river. Lena, on which it is located.
Municipal indicators
| Index | 2001 |
| Demography | |
| Number of births, per 1000 population | 12.2 |
| Number of deaths, per 1000 population | 15 |
| Natural increase (decrease), per 1000 population | -2.8 |
| Standard of living of the population and social sphere | |
| Average monthly nominal accrued wages, rub. | 8184 |
| Average housing area per inhabitant (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 23.8 |
| Number of preschool institutions, pcs. | 9 |
| Number of children in preschool institutions, thousand people | 1.2 |
| Number of daytime educational institutions (at the beginning of the school year), pcs. | 7 |
| Number of students in daytime educational institutions, thousand people | 4.260 |
| Number of doctors, people. | 83 |
| Number of nursing staff, people. | 220 |
| Number of hospital institutions, pcs. | 5 |
| Number of hospital beds, thousand units | 0.4 |
| Number of medical outpatient clinics, pcs. | 3 |
| Capacity of medical outpatient clinics, visits per shift, thousand units. | 0.5 |
| Number of registered crimes, pcs. | 635 |
| Persons who committed crimes were identified, persons. | 502 |
| Economy, industry | |
| Number of enterprises and organizations (at the end of the year), pcs. | 1063 |
| Construction | |
| Volume of work performed by type of activity “Construction” (until 2004 - volume of work performed under construction contracts), million rubles. | 275 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, thousand sq.m. of total area | 86.7 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, apartments | 1519 |
| Commissioning of preschool institutions, places | 0 |
| Commissioning of educational institutions, places | 0 |
| Commissioning of hospital facilities, beds | 0 |
| Commissioning of outpatient clinics, visits per shift | 0 |
| Transport | |
| Number of bus routes (in intracity traffic), pcs. | 11 |
| Number of passengers transported by buses per year (in intracity traffic), million people. | 3.9 |
| Connection | |
| Number of residential telephone sets of the city public telephone network, thousand units. | 3.6 |
| Trade and services to the population | |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 660 |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 24810.2 |
| Public catering turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 55 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 138 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 5190 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 5.9 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 221.1 |
| Investments | |
| Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices), million rubles. | 289.4 |
| Share of investments in fixed assets financed from budgetary funds in the total volume of investments, % | 10.2 |
Data sources:
- Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.
Economy
A large port for receiving and transporting cargo for the diamond mining industry of Yakutia.
NPO "Yakutalmaz", forestry and woodworking industry enterprises, a building materials plant, a large-panel house-building plant. Food enterprises.
In the Lensky ulus, grain crops, potatoes, and vegetables are grown. They raise cattle, horses, pigs, rabbits, and deer.
Deposits of oil and gas, gold, ornamental stones, mica, table salt, etc.
Main enterprises
FORESTRY, WOOD PROCESSING AND PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY
JSC "Vitimsky LPH"
678150, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Lensky district, Vitim village, st.
Oktyabrskaya, 5 Offers:
Business timber, lumber
INLAND WATER TRANSPORT
JSK "Lena United River Shipping Company" /ASK "LORP"/
677000, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Lensky district, Lensk, st.
Dzerzhinskogo, 2 Offers:
Transportation and ship repair, communication and radio navigation services
Culture, science, education
Branch of the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute.
Expeditions: geophysical, oil and gas exploration, NPO Lenaneftegazgeologiya.
Museum of History and Local Lore.
Universities of the city
Branch of the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin) in Lensk
678141, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Lensky district, Lensk, st. Oyunskogo, 36
Architecture, sights
The main streets of Lensk are lined with multi-storey buildings. On the embankment there is a square with an obelisk monument in memory of the residents of Mukhtui who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45.
7 km southwest of Lensk there is a karst cave with a 25-meter waterfall and a karst lake.
| Population by year (thousands of inhabitants) | |||||||
| 1939 | 2.2 | 1996 | 29.3 | 2007 | 24.5 | 2015 | 23.7 |
| 1959 | 7.9 | 1998 | 28.4 | 2008 | 24.5 | 2016 | 23.7 |
| 1967 | 19 | 2000 | 27.5 | 2010 | 24.4 | 2017 | 23.7 |
| 1970 | 16.8 | 2001 | 27.3 | 2011 | 25.0 | 2018 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 24.0 | 2003 | 24.6 | 2012 | 24.7 | 2019 | 23.2 |
| 1989 | 30.3 | 2005 | 24.6 | 2013 | 24.3 | 2020 | 23.2 |
| 1992 | 30.9 | 2006 | 24.6 | 2014 | 23.9 | 2021 | 23.3 |
Economy
In addition to connections with the diamond industry and construction, Lensk has a significant forestry and timber sector and a large-panel house-building plant. Yakutalmaz also live in the city
research organization.
Lensk is connected to Mirny by road and has regular air connections to Mirny, Yakutsk, and Irkutsk from Lensk Airport. As a major port on the Lena, the city has become a transshipment point for the regional diamond industry.
Culture
The city has a branch of the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and representative offices of: Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management and Irkutsk State Technical University. There are six secondary schools in the city. There is a local history museum. It has six sections: ethnographic, flora and fauna, Russian life, Yakut hut, modern and numismatics. The city also has a children's art school (formerly a music school) and many dance groups. Three radio stations broadcast in Lensk: 1) STV-Radio, FM 100.4; 2) AutoRadio and Diamond Edge, FM 105.0. 3) Retro FM, FM 103.9.
In the art hall of the Central Library you can always see exhibitions of artists and photographers, both beginners and already famous ones, evenings and presentations are held. There is a literary association "Flamingo". Some Lenchan residents were even accepted into the Russian Writers' Union: Ivan Pereverzin, Nikolai Soin, Boris Lapardin and Sergei Moskvitin. Lensk is also rich in recognized artists: Lemyakin. V. D., V. Stadnik, V. Kudrin, N. Kudrina, K. Kudrina, L. Tartyeva, V. Indeev, V. Balaev, G. Ineshin.
Recommendations
Notes
- ^ a b c d f g gram hour i j k Register of administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Sakha
- ^ a b c
Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (2011).
“All-Russian Population Census 2010. Volume 1" [All-Russian Population Census 2010, vol. 1]. All-Russian Population Census 2010 [All-Russian Population Census 2010]
(in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. - "26. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022.” Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d
Law No. 173-Z No. 353-III - Law No. 172-Z No. 351-III
- "On the calculation of time." Official Internet portal of legal information
(in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2022. - Post office. Information and computing center of OASU RPO. ( Post office
).
Search for postal facilities ( Search for postal facilities
) (in Russian) - Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (May 21, 2004). “The population of Russia, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as part of federal districts, urban settlements, urban settlements, settlements, settlements of 3 thousand or more people.” [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - administrative centers, rural settlements with a population of more than 3000 people] (XLS). All-Russian Population Census of 2002 [All-Russian Population Census of 2002]
(in Russian). - “All-Union Population Census of 1989. The current population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous regions and districts, territories, regions, urban settlements and villages. All-Union Population Census of 1979. National composition of the population by regions of Russia” [All-Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). All-Union Population Census of 1979 [All-Union Population Census of 1979]
(in Russian).
1979 - via Demoscope weekly
(website of the Institute of Demography of the State University - Higher School of Economics. - Google Earth
- "Lensk, Russia." Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
Sources
- Official website of the Republic of Sakha. Register of administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Sakha
. Lensky district. (in Russian) - State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Law No. 172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 “On establishing boundaries and granting municipal district status to municipal formations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)”, as amended. Law No. 1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 “On amendments to Article 1 and 2 of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) “On establishing boundaries and on granting the status of a municipal district to municipal formations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).” Came into force on the date of official publication. Published: “Yakutia”, No. 245, December 31, 2004 (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Law No. 172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004. On establishing boundaries and granting the status of a municipal district municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
As amended by Law No. 1535-Z No. 597-V dated November 27, 2015.
On amendments to Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) “On establishing boundaries and assigning municipalities to municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) status of a municipal district"
. Valid from the date of official publication.). - State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Law No. 173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 “On establishing boundaries and granting the status of urban and rural settlements to municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)”, as amended. Law No. 1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 “On amendments to the Law of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) “On the establishment and granting of the status of urban settlements to municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).” Came into force on the date of official publication. Published: “Yakutia”, No. 245, December 31, 2004 (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Law No. 173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004. On establishing boundaries and granting the status of a city and rural settlements to municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
As amended by Law No. 1058-Z No. 1007-IV dated April 25, 2012
On amendments to the Law of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) “On establishing boundaries and granting status to municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) urban and rural settlements"
. Valid from the date of official publication.).
Gallery
- 320 Lensk. Stele in honor of the pioneers.jpg
Embankment and stele in honor of the pioneers
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View of the embankment from the river
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City view
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Monument to coachmen (“Troika”) - one of the most beautiful places in the city
- 315 Lensk. Yagnysheva Boulevard.jpg
Boulevard named after Yagnyshev
- 332 Lensk. St. Lenina.jpg
Lenin Street
- 219 “Demyan Bedny” in Lensk at the pier.jpg
Marina
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Ice drift
