Pevek
Sign in to savePevek (; Chukchi: , Pèèkin / Pèèk) is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a peninsula on the eastern side of the bay facing the Routan Islands, above the Arctic Circle, about northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: Pevek is a modern settlement established after World War I to provide a port for the export of minerals as part of the expanding Northern Sea Route. During the 1940s and 1950s, the area surrounding Pevek was
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Pevek is an Arctic port town in northeastern Russia that serves as the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka, located above the Arctic Circle on the East Siberian Sea. It was established after World War I to export minerals and support shipping along the Northern Sea Route, making it an important hub for Arctic trade and resource development.
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- Pevek
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- Певек
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- Пээкин / Пээк
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- Chukchi
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- View of Pevek from the south.jpg
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- View of Pevek from the south
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- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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- Chaunsky District
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- Chaunsky District
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 20th century
- Gulag
- Administrative and municipal status
- Climate
- Economy
- Port
- Other industry
- Transportation
- In literature
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Pevek (; Chukchi: , Pèèkin / Pèèk) is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a peninsula on the eastern side of the bay facing the Routan Islands, above the Arctic Circle, about northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: Pevek is a modern settlement established after World War I to provide a port for the export of minerals as part of the expanding Northern Sea Route. During the 1940s and 1950s, the area surrounding Pevek was the site of several gulags where prisoners mined uranium. In recent years, many of the mines became unprofitable and have closed, causing many residents to move to more central regions in Russia and the port infrastructure to decay.
Pevek is the present location of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant, which carries two marine-type KLT-40S nuclear reactors generating 35 megawatts of electricity each.