Ust-Nera is an urban-type settlement in the east of the Republic
of Sakha (Yakutia). The administrative center and the largest
settlement of the Oymyakonsky district (ulus). The population in
2016 was 5597. The population mainly specializes in gold mining. In
the area of the village there is a mining and processing gold mining
plant.
Once upon a time, the village of Ust-Nera in
Yakutia was the center of a rich gold-mining region that existed
since 1937, and now only a nickname remains from those times - a
fragment of Dalstroy. First, geologists flew to Ust-Nera on
seaplanes, and in the 1950s, with the help of tens of thousands of
exiles, a route was laid here from Magadan.
The region of
Ust-Nera - Oymyakon is known as the north pole of cold.
The
village is located in a narrow valley surrounded by endless mountain
ranges. The houses here are on stilts, and the pipelines run through
the air, forming in some places "arches" for cars, instead of hiding
underground. So they are more reliably protected from permafrost.
The Kolyma highway passes through Ust-Nera. In 2008, the highway
connecting Magadan with Ust-Nera and Yakutsk was officially opened
for year-round traffic throughout its entire length.
The
settlement is located approximately in the middle of the road
between the two regional capitals, so truckers often stop here. In
winter, the so-called Kolyma winter road is built from here, which
leads through Zyryanka and Chersky to Chukotka, to Bilibino.
1939-1945 The first years of the village
In
1939-1941, at the mouth of the Nera River, a tributary of the
Indigirka, in the area of the future settlement, the expedition of
V.A. At that time, dozens of the richest alluvial gold deposits were
explored there. In 1942, the first gold mining mines were
discovered, and the first exploration of the Alaskitovoye tungsten
deposit was carried out. In 1944, the Indigirsk GPU of Dalstroy was
organized.
In 1945-1946, the first school building was built.
The first graduation from secondary school No. 1 took place in
1951-1952. In 1947 a new 2-storey school building was built. The
construction site of the school was surrounded by barbed wire, as it
was built by the prisoners. In the village in 1949-1958 there was
the Indigirsky camp of Dalstroy; prisoners built the Magadan
highway, mines, houses, mined gold. The border of Ust-Nera ended in
the current territory of the regional hospital, then impassable
swamps began. On the site of the current pharmacy, there was a
kennel for dogs that guarded prisoners. The territory of the camp
began with the building of the old militia. In 1945, in Ust-Nera,
the construction of the INEK - Indigirskiy energy complex was
started, in 1946 the settlement receives the first industrial
current, the installation of telephones began in the village.
Indigirlag
According to the information of the Memorial
Society, in 1949-1958 the Indigirlag was located in the village.
Floods of 1951, 1959 and 1967
The local history museum
contains photographs testifying to the floods that occurred in May
1951, in July 1959, in May 1967. Eyewitnesses of the first flood
said that the water rose to the second floor of the old school.
People were evacuated to the hill. Almost all food stores were under
water. After the second flood, the district leadership decided to
strengthen the bank of the river. Indigirka. All the employees of
the enterprises went to the clean-up days, and finished their work
in a week.
1950 - today
Since 1950 it has been an
urban-type settlement. On June 3, 1954, the village of Ust-Nera
becomes the regional center of Oymyakonya. The district
administration moved from the village of Oymyakon to Ust-Nera. In
1971, residents of Ust-Nera were among the first in Yakutia to be
able to watch TV. In 1974 the building of the second Ust-Nersk
school was commissioned. In the fall of 1978, the state commission
commissioned a concrete bridge across the Indigirka.
On
October 24 (25), 2008, the Kolyma highway, connecting Yakutsk with
Magadan, is officially open for year-round traffic along its entire
length. Through the river. Elga, a concrete bridge was built in the
area of the Slavka ferry, and several kilometers of the road to
Slavka were significantly improved.
Time in the village seems to have frozen: the roads here are only
dirt, there are many wooden houses, and the surrounding landscapes bring
harmony to the already measured life of the local population ...
Nevertheless, Ust-Nera, located at the confluence of the Nera River with
the Indigirka, is the center of the Oymyakon region. One of the few
innovations is the recently rebuilt building of the Ust-Nera airport,
which, after reconstruction, as before, continues to let flights to
Yakutsk.
Ust-Nera is located on the right bank of the Indigirka.
There are benches on a small embankment - locals like to relax here.
From Ust-Nera down the Indigirka, small ships go, but only to the
rapids.
One of the main attractions of the village of Ust-Nera is
a memorial complex dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great
Victory. Soon, this memorial should be supplemented by a life-size model
of the T-34 tank, as well as a Katyusha and another gun.
There is
also a temple in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Theodore Nikityuk, who arrived in Ust-Nera from Ukraine, has served as
archpriest here for many years now.
A solid bridge across the
Indigirka River has recently been built.
There is also a regional
museum of local lore in the village, where the remains of ancient
animals, utensils and interior decoration of the Yakut dwelling, ancient
weapons of the Yakuts are kept. Address: Ust-Nera settlement, st.
Lenina, house 7. Phone: +7 (41154) 217-89.
A mining and processing plant is still operating in the village,
which is also a gold mining plant. Gradually, the local industry is
reviving after the crisis of the 1990-2000s. Searching for gold in
Ust-Nera is still the main type of employment for the local population.
There are quite a lot of vacancies in Ust-Nera: from a cook to an
industrial bulldozer driver.
For all questions about working on a
shift in the village of Ust-Nera, you can contact the office of JSC
"Indigirzoloto", which is located next to the city administration, at
the address: Address: Ust-Nera, st. Polyarnaya, house 7. Phone: +7
(41154) 211-12.
The climate of the village is sharply continental with very cold and
long winters and short but warm summers.
Average temperature
-15.4 °C
The average annual rainfall is 237 mm.
Transport
federal highway M56 "Kolyma"
airport "Ust-Nera"
Educational institutions
Kindergarten "Fairy Tale"
Kindergarten "Petushok"
Kindergarten "Beryozka"
Ust-Nersk
Children's Help Center
MBOU "Ust-Nerskaya Gymnasium"
MBOU
Ust-Nerskaya secondary school named after. Igor Khomenko
Evening
comprehensive school
Medical institutions
Central District
Hospital of Oymyakonsky District
MUP pharmacy №62
(private)
pharmacy "Berezka"
cultural institutions
House of Culture
"Metallurg"
MBU DTSRT "Pegasus"
Regional Museum of Local Lore
Embankment
Sports facilities
sports complex with swimming pool
and football stadium
Commercial enterprises
mining and
processing gold mining plant
"Vostochno-Yakutsky" branch of the
Mining and Geological Enterprise of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
"Yakutskgeologia"
city post office 678730 Federal State Unitary
Enterprise Russian Post
branch of OAO Magadanenergo - Western
Electric Networks, serving, in particular, the power line
"Arkagalinskaya GRES - Ust-Nera".
branch of the Far East
Macroregional Branch of OJSC Rostelecom.
bank branches (Sberbank of
Russia and Lanta-Bank)
hotel "Solnechnaya"
many shops and market