Udachny (Russian:Удачный,IPA:[ʊˈdatɕnɨj], lit. successful or lucky; Yakut: Удачнай, Udachnay) is a town in Mirninsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Markha River, 508 kilometers (316mi) from Mirny, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was12,613.[2]
Town under district jurisdiction in Sakha Republic, Russia
The Udachnaya pipe diamond deposit was discovered in 1955. Due to its isolated location, it was not exploited until the 1960s. In conjunction with the beginnings of diamond production, the urban-type settlement of Udachny was founded in 1968;[citation needed] town status was granted to it in 1987.[1]
As part of a plan to create the basin for a tailings dam for the nearby diamond mine, a 1.7kiloton atomic bomb was detonated 98 meters (322ft) underground near Udachny on October2, 1974. Original plans had called for eight similar explosions to be conducted; however, due to radioactive fallout being far greater than expected, the project was halted after the first blast. The shaft in which the explosion was held was not plugged until eighteen years later, with an estimated 7-to-20-meter (23 to 66ft) thick concrete sarcophagus.[10]
Administrative and municipal status
As an inhabited locality, Udachny is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.[1] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Polyarny), incorporated within Mirninsky District as the Town of Udachny.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Udachny is incorporated within Mirninsky Municipal District as Udachny Urban Settlement.[4]
Economy
Diamond mining remains the principal economic activity in the town. Udachny is the second most important diamond production site after Mirny for the state-owned ALROSA corporation. It is served by Polyarny Airport 12km outside of town.
Climate
Udachny has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd). Winters are extremely cold, with average temperatures from −43.6°C (−46.5°F) to −35.2°C (−31.4°F) in January, while summers are mild, with average temperatures from +8.4°C (47.1°F) to +20.1°C (68.2°F) in July. Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.
Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol.1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России[All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia](XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Mirninsky District. (in Russian)
Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия).Закон№173-З №353-IIIот30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от25 апреля 2012 г.«О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.Law#173-Z No.353-IIIofNovember30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law#1058-Z No.1007-IV ofApril25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).
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