Svetly, Sakha Republic
Svetly
Светлый | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Sakha | Сибиэтлэй |
Location of Svetly  | |
  Svetly Location of Svetly  Svetly Svetly (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 63°3′N 113°26′E / 63.050°N 113.433°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Mirninsky District |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1984 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,137 |
| • Estimate (2018)[2] | 3,340 (+6.5%) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [3]) |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 678196 |
| OKTMO ID | 98631157051 |
Svetly (Russian: Све́тлый, Yakut: Сибиэтлэй) is an urban-type settlement in the Mirninsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. The name is the Russian word for light or clear. Population: 3,137 (2010 Russian census);[1] 3,546 (2002 Census);[5] 4,550 (1989 Soviet census).[6]
Geography
The settlement lies on the southern edge of the Vilyuy plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau. It is not far from the right bank of the Vilyuy River.
The district administrative centre Mirny is around 60 km away to the north-west.
History
Svetly was founded in the late 1970s as a works base for construction of a dam and hydroelectric plant, downstream of the larger Vilyuy Dam. With the economic difficulties in the Soviet Union during the 1980s and in Russia during the 1990s, completion of the project was greatly delayed with the hydroelectric plant only beginning power generation between 2004 and 2008, with three of the four planned turbines in operation.
Economy and infrastructure
Employment in the settlement is centred on the Vilyuyskaya GES-3 hydroelectric plant, with a capacity of 270 MW. The power plant is managed by a daughter company of diamond mining corporation ALROSA. Many of the settlement's inhabitants also commute for week-by-week shift work in remote diamond mines or in construction projects throughout the western region of the Sakha Republic, including the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.
Svetly is reached by a 33 km road connecting to the Anabar highway between Mirny and Chernyshevsky. The Evenk village of Syuldyukar lies 25 km downstream along the Vilyuy, and can be reached via boat in summer, or via winter road when the river is frozen.
References
- ^ a b c d e Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
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