Neshkan, Russia
Neshkan
Нешкан | |
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Location of Neshkan  | |
  Neshkan Location of Neshkan  Neshkan Neshkan (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | |
| Coordinates: 67°2′15″N 172°57′30″W / 67.03750°N 172.95833°W | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2003)=[1] | 704 |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9 [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 689330 |
| OKTMO ID | 77633430101 |
Neshkan (Template:Lang-ru) is a village (selo) on the shores of the Chukchi Sea in the north of the Chukotsky District (Raion) of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, part of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. The village itself is located on a sandy spit that divides Neskyipilgyn Lagoon from the sea. The village is a small settlement, population as of 2003: 704[1].
The village is close to Idlidlya Island.
History
Like a number of villages in the Okrug, such as Tavaivaam, Neshkan was founded as a result of Soviet economics. In the 1950s, attempts to unify the itinerant reindeer herders of the area, consisting of the Nuteikvyn, Anayan, Tolgunen and Vylkarney[4]. amongst others into a collective farm (kolkhoz) led to the creation of the village. The village took its name from the Chukchi word Naskuk meaning Seal's Head, so called because one of the mountains surrounding the village looks like a seal's head when viewed from the sea [1].
Neshkan has seen some benefit in recent years from the money that has been generated by the exploitation of the oil and gas present in the area, as a number of multi-story houses were built in the village in 2005[5].
Economy
Unlike villages such as Tavaivaam, which have suffered serious economic hardships since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when all the reindeer owned by the villagers were lost, leading to continuing high unemployment in the area[6], Neshkan's economy is still dominated by reindeer herding, with there being six separate herds maintained by the villagers, though this is also supplemented by fishing[4].
However, the village still endures considerable economic isolation as a result of its geography. Only pensioners are paid in cash, almost all other transactions are barter or coupons (which are often paid to state employees in the region in lieu of cash). What cash is available is spent on necessary supplies, which, due to the isolation of the settlement and the resulting difficulties in transporting food and other supplies, is often nearly double the price found elsewhere in the region (a region where food is expensive in general for the same reasons found in Neshkan)[7].
Transport
Like almost all Chukotkan settlements, there is no direct link from the village to any other settlement by permanent road. There are weekly flights from Lavrentiya to the village and the only other means of getting there is a four to five day off road journey[4].
Earthquakes
Neshkan experienced a number of earthquakes throughout the twentieth century including several quakes during 1928 measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale[8] and a number measuring between 5 and 6 throughout the second half of the century. At the time that these regular earthquakes began to affect the village, there was a lack of seismic stations in the Okrug. In 2002, Bilibino was the site of the only working seismic station in the region and was over 700 km away. Prior to this, there had been a seismic station in Iul'tin, but this was still over 200 km away and neither was close enough to any epicentre to draw out any trends[9].
In response to these earthquakes, and the growing complaints from the inhabitants of Neshkan[10]. a permanent station was established in the village, which detected over 150 small quakes in little more than 18 days[10], leading geophysicists to suggest that the quakes have been caused by a previously unknown fault extending across this part of Chukotka, a view strengthened by the linear pattern of the quakes and the presence of hot springs in places like Lorino[11].
The local toponymy suggests a more longstanding association between the indigenous people, with many geographical objects having names which conjour images of earthquakes such as the mountains Elyulivoigyn, Ivuichin and Eletkun, meaning "shivering", "moving" and "dancing" mountain respectively[12]. as well as nearby lake names such as Einekuem, meaning buzzing lake[12].
These earthquakes have been attributed to the newly-theorised Loloveem Fault, which runs from Cape Neshkan, where the village is situated, in a south-southwesterly direction through Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon and Innuloon Lagoon[13].
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Red Cross Chukotka - Chukotsky District
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Petit Fute, Chukotka, p.120f
- ^ Official Chukotka Website
- ^ Red Cross Chukotka - Anadyrsky District
- ^ East West Institute, Russian Regional Report, Vol. 4, No. 1, 14 January 1999
- ^ A seismic swarm near Neshkan, Chukotka, northeastern Russiam and implications for the boundary of the Bering plate, Mackey, K.G., Fujita, K., Sedov, B.M., Gounbina, L.V., and Kuyrtkin, S., Michigan State University, p.9
- ^ A seismic swarm near Neshkan, Chukotka, northeastern Russiam and implications for the boundary of the Bering plate, Mackey, K.G., Fujita, K., Sedov, B.M., Gounbina, L.V., and Kuyrtkin, S., Michigan State University, p.1
- ^ a b A seismic swarm near Neshkan, Chukotka, northeastern Russiam and implications for the boundary of the Bering plate, Mackey, K.G., Fujita, K., Sedov, B.M., Gounbina, L.V., and Kuyrtkin, S., Michigan State University, p.5
- ^ The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
- ^ a b A seismic swarm near Neshkan, Chukotka, northeastern Russiam and implications for the boundary of the Bering plate, Mackey, K.G., Fujita, K., Sedov, B.M., Gounbina, L.V., and Kuyrtkin, S., Michigan State University, p.7f
- ^ A seismic swarm near Neshkan, Chukotka, northeastern Russiam and implications for the boundary of the Bering plate, Mackey, K.G., Fujita, K., Sedov, B.M., Gounbina, L.V., and Kuyrtkin, S., Michigan State University, fig.4
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