Egvekinot
title: "Egvekinot" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["urban-type-settlements-in-chukotka-autonomous-okrug", "populated-places-established-in-1946", "1946-establishments-in-the-soviet-union", "road-inaccessible-communities-of-russia", "iultinsky-district"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egvekinot" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian urban-type settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Egvekinot |
| ru_name | Эгвекинот |
| other_name | Эрвыӄыннот |
| other_lang | Chukchi |
| image_skyline | Egvekinot-large.jpg |
| image_caption | Double rainbow over Egvekinot |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | left |
| pushpin_relief | yes |
| image_flag | Флаг_Эгвекинот_Иультинский_район.jpg |
| federal_subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Iultinsky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Iultinsky District |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Urban-type settlement |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Iultinsky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Egvekinot Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Iultinsky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Egvekinot Urban settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| leader_title | Head |
| leader_name | Alexey Geraskin |
| pop_2010census | 2790 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| pop_latest | 2815 |
| pop_latest_date | January 2016 |
| pop_latest_ref | |
| established_date | 1946 |
| established_date_ref | |
| postal_codes | 689201, 689202 |
| dialing_codes | 42734 |
| elevation_ft | 46 |
| :: |
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Geography
Egvekinot, located on the coast of Kresta Bay (a part of the Bering Sea) at the foot of mountains some 800 m high, is a port settlement with a maximum depth of 35 m. It is located 1675 km from Magadan, 236 km from Anadyr, and 6097 km from Moscow.
History
Archeological excavations around the settlement have indicated that the area was inhabited in Neolithic times and possibly even in the Mesolithic, with the discovery of a number of stone implements, tools for grinding and obsidian arrowheads, all of which are now stored in the local museum in Egvekinot.
In 1937, metal deposits were discovered in Iultin. Due to the isolated nature of the area, the transportation of any minerals extracted would be difficult and it was decided that a new port would be created to serve the Iultin mines. Dalstroy formed a new section, "Chukotstroy", whose aim was to construct Egvekinot and the road connecting it with the Iultin mines.
Egvekinot was founded in 1946, under the supervision of B. N. Lenkov, the first head of Chukotstroy, specifically as a port so that the nearby Iultin Mining Complex about 180 km north of the settlement could be easily supplied with materials. On July 16, 1946, the MV Sovetskaya Latviya brought the first 1,500 settlers to Egvekinot. These construction workers were mainly political prisoners rather than willing emigrants. This labor force was responsible for the construction of the entire infrastructure in the area, including the construction of Egvekinot, the nearby village of Ozyorny, and the village of Iultin, as well as the 270 km road linking the mines to the new port, the power station, warehouses, and residential and industrial buildings.
As a result of this, the settlement became quite an important hub causing the population to grow to over 5,000 by the late 1980s. However, when the mining complex was closed in 1993, the economy of Egvekinot suffered with the population falling rapidly throughout the 1990s, although the 2010 Census details indicate a slight recovery in recent years.
Administrative and municipal status
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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Egvekinot serves as the administrative center of Iultinsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the urban-type settlement of Egvekinot is incorporated within Iultinsky Municipal District as Egvekinot Urban Settlement.
The nearby former selo of Ozyorny has been incorporated into Egvekinot as Ozyorny Microdistrict.
Transportation
Egvekinot can be reached by flights from Anadyr (236 km) which land at the , though the spring meltwaters can cause the runway to become flooded. Infrequent helicopter service to Provideniya by Chukotavia.
Egvekinot is linked to the now abandoned settlement of Iultin by the (around 200 km) via Amguema, as well as to the abandoned settlements of Dorozhny, Tranzitny, and Geologichesky. The road crosses the Amguema River.
Demographics
::data[format=table title="style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Demographic Evolution"]
| 1959 Census | 1970 Census | 1979 Census | 1989 Census | 2002 Census | 2010 Census |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,015 | 3,360 | 4,657 | 5,478 | 2,413 | 2,790 |
| :: |
Culture and sights
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A monument to the Mi-8 helicopter, a common sight in the air over Chukotka, is located in the airport.
There is a museum in the settlement which deals mainly with local history, people, and archeology, as well as a cultural center, home to the Zalivskiye Napevy folk chorus, the Sone song group, and Severyanka folk dance ensemble.
Egvekinot has one of only two ski slopes in Chukotka; a ski lodge can be found near the Staratelsky Stream.
Climate
Egvekinot, historically having a polar tundra climate (Köppen ET), has recently transitioned into a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) due to global warming. Temperatures average below freezing from October all the way through to the following May, and can average below -20 C from December through to March. The short summer is temperate. The average temperature in January is -18.1 C, and the average temperature in July is 10.5 C. Temperatures over 20 C can occur during the brief summer, especially in July. On July 10, 2019 the temperature reached for the first and only time 30 C, with the record high being 30.6 C.
|location=Egvekinot, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=6.3 |Feb record high C=5.1 |Mar record high C=6.0 |Apr record high C=7.8 |May record high C=23.0 |Jun record high C=28.8 |Jul record high C=30.6 |Aug record high C=25.0 |Sep record high C=19.4 |Oct record high C=12.8 |Nov record high C=7.9 |Dec record high C=9.5 |year record high C= |Jan high C= -14.3 |Feb high C= -13.1 |Mar high C= -11.8 |Apr high C= -5.8 |May high C= 2.8 |Jun high C= 11.3 |Jul high C= 14.3 |Aug high C= 12.9 |Sep high C = 7.8 |Oct high C = 0.1 |Nov high C = -6.2 |Dec high C = -11.9 |year high C = |Jan mean C= -18.1 |Feb mean C= -17.2 |Mar mean C= -16.2 |Apr mean C= -9.9 |May mean C= -0.5 |Jun mean C= 6.7 |Jul mean C= 10.5 |Aug mean C= 9.5 |Sep mean C= 4.8 |Oct mean C= -2.3 |Nov mean C= -9.1 |Dec mean C= -15.2 |year mean C= |Jan low C = -21.8 |Feb low C = -21.3 |Mar low C = -20.5 |Apr low C = -14.0 |May low C = −3.6 |Jun low C = 3.0 |Jul low C = 7.6 |Aug low C = 6.7 |Sep low C = 2.0 |Oct low C = -4.8 |Nov low C = -12.3 |Dec low C = -18.6 |year low C = |Jan record low C = −45.8 |Feb record low C = −46.9 |Mar record low C = −44.8 |Apr record low C = −36.1 |May record low C = −27.8 |Jun record low C = −7.1 |Jul record low C = −0.1 |Aug record low C = −6.0 |Sep record low C = −10.0 |Oct record low C = −23.9 |Nov record low C = −36.0 |Dec record low C = −38.1 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 29 |Feb precipitation mm = 36 |Mar precipitation mm = 35 |Apr precipitation mm = 19 |May precipitation mm = 33 |Jun precipitation mm = 43 |Jul precipitation mm = 83 |Aug precipitation mm = 86 |Sep precipitation mm = 60 |Oct precipitation mm = 65 |Nov precipitation mm = 50 |Dec precipitation mm = 33 |year precipitation mm = |Jan precipitation days = 12.3 |Feb precipitation days = 12.3 |Mar precipitation days = 11.8 |Apr precipitation days = 13.2 |May precipitation days = 15.6 |Jun precipitation days = 14.6 |Jul precipitation days = 15.9 |Aug precipitation days = 17.3 |Sep precipitation days = 13.1 |Oct precipitation days = 16.1 |Nov precipitation days = 14.4 |Dec precipitation days = 14.4 |humidity colour = green |Jan humidity= 71.2 |Feb humidity= 71.4 |Mar humidity= 72.8 |Apr humidity= 74.3 |May humidity= 79.4 |Jun humidity= 80.1 |Jul humidity= 79.6 |Aug humidity= 80.9 |Sep humidity= 76.0 |Oct humidity= 70.5 |Nov humidity= 69.2 |Dec humidity= 69.0 |year humidity= 74.5
|source 1 = Погода и климат (temperatures){{cite web | url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/25378.htm | title = Climate of Egvekinot | access-date = 3 November 2019 | publisher = Weather and Climate (Погода и климат) | language = ru}}
|source 2 = climatebase.ru (1948–2011){{cite web |url=http://climatebase.ru/station/25378/?lang=en| title =Climatebase|access-date=April 11, 2010 |date=August 2010
References
Notes
Sources
- Petit Fute, Chukotka
References
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://chukotstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chukotstat/resources/c673f0004d0b2f9ba26ef74fc772e0bb/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2016+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.xlsx Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года] {{webarchive. link. (August 16, 2016 {{in lang). ru
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- Alexander Spiridonov. [https://world.lib.ru/s/spiridonow_a_s/egvekinot_96.shtml ''Egvekinot-1996''] {{in lang. ru
- Directive #517-rp
- Law #149-OZ
- [http://www.webgeo.ru/db/1970/rus-dalv.htm Перепись населения СССР 1970 года] 1970 Census of the Soviet Union {{webarchive. link. (March 23, 2012)
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
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