Yanranay

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title: "Yanranay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rural-localities-in-chukotka-autonomous-okrug", "populated-places-of-arctic-russia", "chaunsky-district"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanranay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
en_name	Yanranay
ru_name	Янранай
other_name	Янраӈай
other_lang	Chukchi
coordinates
map_label_position	top
federal_subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jur	Chaunsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
inhabloc_cat	Rural locality
inhabloc_cat_ref
inhabloc_type	Selo
inhabloc_type_ref
mun_district_jur	Chaunsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jur	Pevek Rural Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
area_km2	0.3
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census	217
pop_2010census_ref
pop_latest	153
pop_latest_date	January 2016
pop_latest_ref
established_date	1954 or 1960
established_date_ref
postal_codes	689430
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History

Yanranay was founded in 1954 or 1960 when several formerly nomadic enterprises were grouped together to form kolkhozes (collective farms). The Chukchi who live here originally came from Cape Shelag, to the north. Modern Yanranay is a typical ethnic Chukotkan village, consisting of one- or two-story houses, with basic facilities including a school, stores, a library, and a House of Culture. The name for the village translates from the Chukchi as "Solitary Mountain" as the settlement is at the foot of a mountain of the same name.

Change in municipal status

Prior to October 2010, Yanranay served as the administrative center of Yanranay Rural Settlement—a municipal division of Chaunsky Municipal District. On October 20, 2010, Yanranay Rural Settlement was abolished with its territory merged into Pevek Urban Settlement. As an inhabited locality, however, the status of Yanranay remains unchanged.

Demographics

The population according to the 2010 census was 217, of whom 113 were male and 104 female. According to the official Chaunsky District website was estimated at 209, down slightly from 226 in 2005 according to an environmental impact report produced for the Kupol Gold Project, which itself was down slightly on a 2003 estimate of 240, most of whom are of Chukchi descent.

Transportation

Yanranay is only connected by a 35 km dirt road to Pevek, with a journey time of 40–50 minutes.

Climate

Yanranay has a Tundra climate (ET) because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 C and +10 C.

|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Yanranay |Jan record high C=4.7 |Feb record high C=5.5 |Mar record high C=3.9 |Apr record high C=6.4 |May record high C=10.5 |Jun record high C=18.4 |Jul record high C=22.7 |Aug record high C=22 |Sep record high C=16.3 |Oct record high C=12 |Nov record high C=8.7 |Dec record high C=10 |year record high C=22.7 |Jan high C=-17.9 |Feb high C=-16.7 |Mar high C=-15.8 |Apr high C=-9.1 |May high C=-0.7 |Jun high C=5.6 |Jul high C=10 |Aug high C=9.2 |Sep high C=5.4 |Oct high C=0.5 |Nov high C=-4.7 |Dec high C=-13.9 |year high C=-4 |Jan low C=-23.9 |Feb low C=-22.8 |Mar low C=-22.3 |Apr low C=-15.2 |May low C=-4.6 |Jun low C=1 |Jul low C=4.8 |Aug low C=4.8 |Sep low C=2.2 |Oct low C=-3 |Nov low C=-9.8 |Dec low C=-19 |year low C=-9.4 |Jan record low C=-44.1 |Feb record low C=-41.5 |Mar record low C=-41.4 |Apr record low C=-31.1 |May record low C=-24.5 |Jun record low C=-5.6 |Jul record low C=-4.7 |Aug record low C=-2.7 |Sep record low C=-6.1 |Oct record low C=-19.9 |Nov record low C=-33.6 |Dec record low C=-41.2 |year record low C=-44.1 |Jan rain mm=19 |Feb rain mm=20 |Mar rain mm=13.8 |Apr rain mm=18.1 |May rain mm=18.8 |Jun rain mm=15.1 |Jul rain mm=40.4 |Aug rain mm=46.2 |Sep rain mm=35.9 |Oct rain mm=45.4 |Nov rain mm=28.8 |Dec rain mm=18.4 |year rain mm=319.9 |Jan snow days=14 |Feb snow days=12 |Mar snow days=11 |Apr snow days=15 |May snow days=13 |Jun snow days=3 |Jul snow days=0 |Aug snow days=0 |Sep snow days=4 |Oct snow days=17 |Nov snow days=20 |Dec snow days=15 |year snow days=124 |source 1=

References

Notes

Sources

• Bema Gold Corporation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia June 2005.
• M Strogoff, P-C Brochet, and D. Auzias Petit Futé: Chukotka (2006). "Avant-Garde" Publishing House.

References

1. Law #33, Article 13.2
2. University of Alaska, Fairbanks. [http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffpag/chukfact.html Chukotka Autonomous Okrug] {{Webarchive. link. (August 3, 2009)
3. Law #46-OZ, Article 2
4. Law #46-OZ, Appendix 9
5. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
6. The results of the 2010 Census are given for Yanranay Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Chaunsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Yanranay is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Yanranay Rural Settlement.
7. 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
8. ru
9. V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, ''Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР'' (''Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR'') (1989) Magadan. p.446
10. Bema Gold Corporation, p.87
11. Strogoff, p. 110
12. McKnight and Hess, pp.235–237
13. "Weather Averages for Yanranay from meoweather.com". meoweather.com.

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