Dudinka

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title: "Dudinka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-krasnoyarsk-krai", "taymyrsky-dolgano-nenetsky-district", "closed-cities", "port-cities-and-towns-in-russia", "populated-places-of-arctic-russia", "1667-establishments-in-russia", "road-inaccessible-communities-of-krasnoyarsk-krai", "populated-places-on-the-yenisei-river", "north-siberian-lowland"] description: "Town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudinka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian town"]

Field	Value
en_name	Dudinka
ru_name	Дудинка
loc_name1	Тут'ын
loc_lang1	Nenets
loc_name2	?Дудинка?
loc_lang2	Dolgan
image_skyline	Dudinka Collage 01.jpg
image_caption	Clockwise: Dudinka Port, Aerial view of Dudinka; House of Culture
coordinates
map_label_position	right
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Dudinka.svg
image_flag	Flag of Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai.svg
federal_subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai
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adm_district_jur	Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_selsoviet_jur	Dudinka
adm_selsoviet_type	District town
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adm_ctr_of1	Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2	district town of Dudinka
adm_ctr_of2_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jur	Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jur	Dudinka Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1	Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2	Dudinka Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
area_km2	10.5
pop_2010census	22175
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1667
current_cat_date	1951
postal_codes	647000
dialing_codes	39191
website	http://www.gorod-dudinka.ru/
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History

It was founded in 1667 as a winter settlement connected to Mangazeya. In 1930 it was designated the administrative center of the Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets National Region. In 1935, the polar explorer Otto Schmidt recommended that the settlement be expanded into a town. By 1937, the port facilities and a railroad to Norilsk were completed. Town status was granted in 1951.

In the 1940s and 1950s deported Finns and Soviet Germans were buried in the Lighthouse cemetery. In the 1990s two crosses were erected there in their memory.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dudinka serves as the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District as the district town of Dudinka. As a municipal division, the district town of Dudinka is incorporated within Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Municipal District as Dudinka Urban Settlement.

Economy

Dudinka processes and sends cargo via Norilsk railway to the Norilsk Mining and Smelting Factory and also ships non-ferrous metals, coal and ore. In 1969, the Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk natural gas pipeline was laid. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Verladekräne_im_Hafen_von_Dudinka.jpg" caption="Port of Dudinka"] ::

Dudinka is home to a unique Arctic port, in the lower reaches of the Yenisey, which is accessible to both sea and river ships. During the navigation season, from mid-June to October, the port can receive both seafaring ships and river vessels from Krasnoyarsk (about 2,000 km along the Yenisey). At this time, fresh food and essential goods are brought to Dudinka and then to Norilsk from the "mainland". As soon as the navigation is possible, fruit and vegetable stalls spring up in the streets and food prices in grocery stores drop drastically. And, when the Yenisey is icebound, Dudinka receives and dispatches ice-class vessels taking the Northern Sea Route. They take away the products of the Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine and bring the fuel and raw materials that industrial plants rely on for their operation. The port operates every day apart from a couple of weeks a year, when it is flooded during the spring high water. It is the only port in the world that experiences such a nuisance. When, at the end of May, the ice starts breaking up on the Yenisey, the cranes are moved from the port to special holding areas, where they remain for the duration of the high water. All large cargoes are delivered exclusively by water.

The town is served by the Dudinka Airport.

Infrastructure

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Mastofboganida.jpg" caption="[[CHAYKA]] mast in Dudinka"] ::

Near Dudinka there is a 462 m tall radio mast which was formerly used for the CHAYKA radio navigation system. It is a grounded mast with a rhombic cage antenna.

Geography

Climate

Despite lying more than two degrees above the Arctic Circle, Dudinka has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with short, mild summers and severely cold winters. Average high temperature even in May is below freezing and short summer starts in mid June and lasts only 2 months, despite the midnight sun. Precipitation is moderate; it falls mostly as rain in summer and mainly as snow throughout the rest of the year.

|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Dudinka |Jan record high C=−0.3 |Feb record high C=−0.6 |Mar record high C=4.2 |Apr record high C=8.8 |May record high C=26.5 |Jun record high C=31.2 |Jul record high C=32.3 |Aug record high C=30.0 |Sep record high C=24.5 |Oct record high C=12.3 |Nov record high C=2.7 |Dec record high C=0.7 |year record high C=32.3 |Jan high C=−22.7 |Feb high C=−22.3 |Mar high C=−15.8 |Apr high C=−9.3 |May high C=−1.1 |Jun high C=11.1 |Jul high C=19.1 |Aug high C=15.8 |Sep high C=7.4 |Oct high C=−4.8 |Nov high C=−16.3 |Dec high C=−21.1 |year high C=−5.0 |Jan mean C=−26.9 |Feb mean C=−26.6 |Mar mean C=−21.2 |Apr mean C=−15.1 |May mean C=−5.0 |Jun mean C=6.7 |Jul mean C=13.8 |Aug mean C=11.2 |Sep mean C=4.0 |Oct mean C=−7.9 |Nov mean C=−20.5 |Dec mean C=−25.1 |year mean C=-9.4 |Jan low C=−31.0 |Feb low C=−30.8 |Mar low C=−26.0 |Apr low C=−20.2 |May low C=−8.5 |Jun low C=3.3 |Jul low C=9.5 |Aug low C=7.6 |Sep low C=1.4 |Oct low C=−10.9 |Nov low C=−24.7 |Dec low C=−29.3 |year low C=−13.3 |Jan record low C=−56.7 |Feb record low C=−55.0 |Mar record low C=−52.1 |Apr record low C=−45.4 |May record low C=−32.6 |Jun record low C=−14.2 |Jul record low C=−0.8 |Aug record low C=−2.5 |Sep record low C=−20.2 |Oct record low C=−38.8 |Nov record low C=−48.7 |Dec record low C=−53.5 |year record low C=-56.7 |precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation mm=44 |Feb precipitation mm=38 |Mar precipitation mm=34 |Apr precipitation mm=30 |May precipitation mm=30 |Jun precipitation mm=37 |Jul precipitation mm=44 |Aug precipitation mm=59 |Sep precipitation mm=50 |Oct precipitation mm=59 |Nov precipitation mm=46 |Dec precipitation mm=48 |year precipitation mm=519 |Jan rain days=0.03 |Feb rain days=0 |Mar rain days=0.1 |Apr rain days=1 |May rain days=6 |Jun rain days=13 |Jul rain days=15 |Aug rain days=17 |Sep rain days=16 |Oct rain days=5 |Nov rain days=0.3 |Dec rain days=0.1 |year rain days=74 |Jan snow days=24 |Feb snow days=22 |Mar snow days=21 |Apr snow days=18 |May snow days=18 |Jun snow days=6 |Jul snow days=0.2 |Aug snow days=0.4 |Sep snow days=9 |Oct snow days=24 |Nov snow days=23 |Dec snow days=24 |year snow days=190 |Jan humidity=75 |Feb humidity=75 |Mar humidity=75 |Apr humidity=75 |May humidity=79 |Jun humidity=74 |Jul humidity=69 |Aug humidity=78 |Sep humidity=82 |Oct humidity=84 |Nov humidity=79 |Dec humidity=76 |year humidity=77 |Jan sun=2 |Feb sun=32 |Mar sun=131 |Apr sun=227 |May sun=245 |Jun sun=229 |Jul sun=308 |Aug sun=196 |Sep sun=86 |Oct sun=48 |Nov sun=7 |Dec sun=0 |year sun=1511 |source 1=Pogoda.ru.net |source 2=NOAA (sun only, 1961–1990) |date=June 2011}}

Sports and entertainment

The Taymyr ice arena is the newly built ice hockey, figure skating and curling facility in Dudinka. It is the northernmost ice arena in the world that is fit for holding high-level, international events. The spectators capacity of the arena is 350 seats. The 2017 CCT Arctic Cup took place in the city of Dudinka at the Taymyr ice arena on May 18–22, 2017. It was the first-ever international curling tournament among women teams beyond the Arctic Circle. The event was held with participation of eight strongest teams from the northern countries, located at the 69th parallel. Participant teams included Russian National Team, Team Krasnoyarsk, Team Canada, Team USA, Team Finland. A wild card from the Organizing Committee was granted to Team Switzerland. Since 2017 Dudinka becomes the place where the international Arctic Curling Cup tournament takes place annually. The test event for this tournament was TAYMYR CURLING CUP 2016. The first-ever curling tournament among men teams beyond the Arctic Circle took place in Dudinka on May 26–30, 2016. The tournament was held as a test event for the Arctic Curling Cup. Six strongest Russian men teams took part in the event. In 2018 Dudinka held the final tour of the international Arctic Curling Cup. 10 strongest teams, three of which were Russian, were competing in double-mixed. Maria Komarova and Daniel Goryachov received bronze medals in this tournament.

Notable people

• Olga Martynova, poet ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Dudinka_04.jpg" caption="Street view of Dudinka"] ::

• Petr Yan, mixed martial artist, former and as of December 2025 current UFC Bantamweight Champion

Gallery

File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка - Портовые краны WMID4950773.jpg|Dudinka port File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка, Спортивная ул., 5 - Школа № 5 WMID2474357.jpg|School No. 5 File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка, ул. 30 лет ВЛКСМ, 20 - Речной вокзал WMID2571463.jpg|Dudinka station File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка, Советская ул., 30 - Таймырский краеведческий музей WMID4463613.jpg|Taimyr Museum of Local History File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка, ул. 30 лет ВЛКСМ, 20 - Речной вокзал WMID2571494.jpg|Dudinka station interior File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка, ул. 30 лет ВЛКСМ, 20 - Речной вокзал WMID2609397.jpg File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka, Дудинка, ул. Горького, 38 WMID4463540.jpg|Apartment buildings File:Dudinka in winter after the Great Polar Night has gone away.JPG|Dudinka in winter File:Dudinka church 03.jpg|Church File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka WMID3422429.jpg|Streets of Dudinka File:Russia, Tajmyr, Dudinka WMID3422428.jpg|Soviet wall murals File:Nenets people near Dudinka (Ru200008050079).jpg|Nenets people near Dudinka

References

Notes

Sources

References

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