Pevek

Pevek
Певек
Town[1]
View of Pevek from the south
View of Pevek from the south
Flag of Pevek
Flag
Coat of arms of Pevek
Coat of arms
Location of Pevek
Map
Pevek is located in Russia
Pevek
Pevek
Location of Pevek
Pevek is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Pevek
Pevek
Pevek (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 69°42′N 170°17′E / 69.700°N 170.283°E / 69.700; 170.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative districtChaunsky District[1]
First mentioned1926[2]
Town status sinceApril 6, 1967[3]
Government
 • Head[4]Viktoriya Klunichenko[4]
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[5]
 • Total4,162
 • Estimate 
(January 2016)[6]
4,743
 • Capital ofChaunsky District[1]
 • Municipal districtChaunsky Municipal District[7]
 • Urban settlementPevek Urban Settlement[7]
 • Capital ofChaunsky Municipal District,[7] Pevek Urban Settlement[7]
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
Postal code(s)[9]
689400
Dialing code(s)+7 42737
OKTMO ID77705000001
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Pevek (Russian: Певе́к; Chukchi: Пээкин / Пээк, 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 640 kilometers (400 mi) northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: 4,015 (2021 Census);[10] 4,162 (2010 Census);[5] 5,206 (2002 Census);[11] 12,915 (1989 Soviet census).[12]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1939426—    
19595,752+1250.2%
197010,528+83.0%
197911,060+5.1%
198912,915+16.8%
20025,206−59.7%
20104,162−20.1%
20214,015−3.5%
Source: Census data

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.[13]

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  4. ^ a b "Self-Government" All-Russia Information Agency. Pevek (in Russian)
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года Archived August 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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  11. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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).
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Russia connects floating plant to grid". World Nuclear News. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.