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イガルカ
Sign in to saveIgarka () is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Igarka is a monotown established around a sawmill which processed timber logged in the basin of the Yenisei River for export. Up to 1956, it was largely inhabited by deportees and political prisoners. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the town's population has rapidly declined – it decreased from to 4,417 (2019).
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Igarka is a human settlement and port city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The town was established in 1929 and has a population of 23,648. It lies at an elevation of 20 meters above sea level and covers an area of 20 square kilometers. The local dialing code is 39172, and the postal code is 663200.
The city operates in the UTC+07:00 time zone. It has received the Order of the Badge of Honour. Historical records indicate that the region was part of the Soviet Union. The native label for the place is Игарка.
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Place details
- Locality
- Игарка
- Region
- Красноярский край
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 7,470
- Timezone
- Asia/Krasnoyarsk
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Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Igarka
- Russian town.ru_name
- Игарка
- Russian town.image_skyline
- 2020-08-21_14-51-51_Игарка_(cropped).jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- Igarka from the Yenesei River
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Igarka.svg
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Igarka.svg
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Turukhansky District
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Igarka
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_type
- District town
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- District town of Igarka
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Turukhansky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Igarka Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of
- Igarka Urban Settlement
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 6183
- Russian town.established_date
- 1929
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 3559
- Area
- 20
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Official website
- igarkacity.info
- Image
- 2020-08-21 14-51-51 Игарка (cropped).jpg
- Dialing code
- 39172
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- Commons category
- Igarka
- inception
- 1929-01-01
- postal code
- 663200
- native label
- Игарка
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Travel guide
Understand
Igarka was founded in 1931. The city got its name from the channel on which it was located, which was in turn named after a local fisherman, Yegor Shiryaev.
Igarka is infamous as the starting point for Stalin's railway to nowhere, constructed between 1949 and Stalin's death in 1953. The project failed and thousands of the gulag laborers died in the process.
It is the main port via which the timber harvested in the Yenisei River basin is shipped to Europe.
It has a population of approximately 6,000 people and has been in decline.
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thumb|Recreation of a convict barrack at the Gulag Museum in Igarka thumb|The Museum of Permafrost
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Article · 日本語
イガルカ（Igarka）は、ロシアの都市。クラスノヤルスク地方内のに属する。北極圏内に位置し、北極圏の南限から163km北に位置する。エニセイ川の河港であり、河口からは673kmさかのぼった地点にある。人口は6,183 (2010年調査);。人口推移は8,627 (2002年調査);、 18,820 (1989年調査); 、16,000人 (1970年)となっており、ソビエト連邦のシベリア開発政策によって人口が増加したものの、ソビエト連邦の崩壊後は他のロシア極北都市と同じく人口が急減した。 イガルカ空港はエニセイ川の中州にあり、冬は川が凍結するため車でのアクセスが容易であり、夏は渡し舟が存在するものの、その間の季節はアクセスが困難となる。 イガルカは1929年に、この付近の森林資源を開発するために、製材所や木材の輸出港として建設された。1931年には都市的集落となった。1949年にはサレハルド-イガルカ鉄道計画が開始され、中央ロシアの鉄道網にイガルカが接続される予定であったが、1953年には計画は中止された。この工事にはグラグから多くの囚人が動員され命を落とした。 イガルカの町は河岸段丘の上にあり、周囲はタイガに取り囲まれている。町の主産業は現在でも製材ならびに木材の輸出である。町には永久凍土博物館があり、これはいくつかのヨーロッパの賞を受賞している.。
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