Srednekolymsk
Sign in to saveSrednekolymsk (; , Orto Xalıma) is a town and the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kolyma River, northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,525.
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- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Srednekolymsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Среднеколымск
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Орто Халыма
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- Yakut
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- High school of srednekolymsk.jpg
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- left
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- Coat of Arms of Srednekolymsk (Yakutia).svg
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- Flag of Srednekolymsk (Yakutia).svg
- Russian inhabited locality.holiday
- September 15
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Sakha Republic
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Srednekolymsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Srednekolymsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Srednekolymsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Town of Srednekolymsk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Town under district jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Srednekolymsky Municipal District
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Srednekolymsk (; , Orto Xalıma) is a town and the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kolyma River, northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,525.
==History== When the Russians arrived in the 1640s, they built three forts on the Kolyma: Nizhnekolymsk, Srednekolymsk, and Verkhnekolymsk (i.e., lower, middle, and upper Kolymsk). They were about three days sled journey apart. Nizhnekolymsk was on the delta near the route to Anadyrsk. Srednekolymsk was at the head of navigation by seagoing koches, in forested country for good fur trapping and on the overland route to the Indigirka River. Verkhnekolymsk was smaller and upriver. The first fort (ostrog) was founded in 1644 by Mikhail Stadukhin. Some say that this was Nizhnekolymsk, but Fisher thinks that the original fort was Srednekolymsk and that the main Russian center was moved to Nizhnekolymsk by 1655 when the Anadyrsk route became important.