Chersky (urban-type settlement)
Chersky (also anglicized Cherskiy) (Russian: Че́рский; Yakut: Черскэй, Çerskey) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Kolyma River, 1,920 kilometers (1,190 mi) east from Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,857.
Chersky
Черский | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Черскэй |
Location of Chersky | |
Chersky Location of Chersky Chersky Chersky (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 68°46′N 161°20′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Nizhnekolymsky District |
| Settlement | Settlement of Chersky |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1963 |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,857 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 2,555 (−10.6%) |
Administrative status | |
| • Capital of | Nizhnekolymsky District, Settlement of Chersky |
Municipal status | |
| • Municipal district | Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Chersky Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District, Chersky Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 678829–678831 |
| OKTMO ID | 98637151051 |
| 2010 Census | 2,857 |
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| 2002 Census | 3,832 |
| 1989 Census | 11,176 |
| 1979 Census | 9,726 |
It was previously known as Nizhniye Kresty (until 1963). In 1989 the population of Chersky peaked on 11,176 inhabitants; however, like most Soviet settlements in the Arctic, it has been largely abandoned after the dissolution of the Soviet Union as most of its residents left. A similar depopulation happened in Magadan Oblast and Chukotka, and in lighter scale in the Russian Far East.