Ust-Belaya
Encyclopedia
Ust-Belaya is a rural locality (a selo) in Anadyrsky District
of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
, Russia
, located at the confluence
of the Anadyr
and the Belaya Rivers
. Population as of 2005, according to an environmental impact report prepared for the Kupol gold project, 869, down from 936, in 2003. Of the people living in the village in 2005, 685 were reported to be of indigenous origin. Municipally, the settlement is subordinated to Anadyrsky Municipal District and incorporated as Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement.
The settlement was established by villagers from Markovo
towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century. The village is located in the immediate area where famous Chukchi
reindeer herder Tenevil
lived and the main economic driver of the settlement is still traditional reindeer husbandry aided by the fact that more than two thirds of the population of the village are of indigenous origin.
Ust-Belaya was formerly the administrative center of Anadyrsky District.
Anadyrsky District
Anadyrsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the interior portion of the autonomous okrug and in terms of administrative divisions borders with Chaunsky District in the northwest, Iultinsky District in the...
of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located at the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of the Anadyr
Anadyr River
Anadyr is a river in the far northeast Siberia which flows into Anadyr Bay of the Bering Sea and drains much of the interior of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Its basin corresponds to the Anadyrsky District of Chukotka....
and the Belaya Rivers
Belaya River (Chukotka)
The Belaya River is a south-flowing tributary of the Anadyr River in far northeast Siberia. It is formed by the juncture of the Enmyvaam River, which drains Lake Elgygytgyn, from the northwest and the Yurukuveem River, whose major tributary is the Bolshaya Osinovaya, from the north. Its basin is...
. Population as of 2005, according to an environmental impact report prepared for the Kupol gold project, 869, down from 936, in 2003. Of the people living in the village in 2005, 685 were reported to be of indigenous origin. Municipally, the settlement is subordinated to Anadyrsky Municipal District and incorporated as Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement.
History
The area in the vicinity of the settlement was populated during neolithic times, and a toggled harpoon head found in a grave indicated that there was a viable walrus hunting economy present in the area around 3000 BCE.The settlement was established by villagers from Markovo
Markovo
Markovo may refer to:*Markovo, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia*Markovo, Slovenia, a settlement in the Kamnik Municipality, Slovenia* Markovo, Croatia, a village near Slatina, Croatia-See also:*Markov...
towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century. The village is located in the immediate area where famous Chukchi
Chukchi people
The Chukchi, or Chukchee , ) are an indigenous people inhabiting the Chukchi Peninsula and the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean within the Russian Federation. They speak the Chukchi language...
reindeer herder Tenevil
Tenevil
Tenevil was a Chukchi reindeer herder, living in the tundra near the settlement of Ust-Belaya in Russian province of Chukotka. Around 1927 or 1928 he independently invented a writing system for the Chukchi language. It has never been established with certainty whether the symbols in this writing...
lived and the main economic driver of the settlement is still traditional reindeer husbandry aided by the fact that more than two thirds of the population of the village are of indigenous origin.
Ust-Belaya was formerly the administrative center of Anadyrsky District.