Chersky (settlement)
| Chersky (English) Черский (Russian) Черскэй (Yakut) |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Nizhnekolymsky District |
| Settlement | Settlement of Chersky |
| Administrative center of | Nizhnekolymsky District, Settlement of Chersky |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Chersky Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District, Chersky Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 2,857 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MAGT (UTC+11:00) |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1963 |
| Previous names | Nizhniye Kresty (until 1963) |
| Postal code(s) | 678829–678831 |
| 2010 Census | 2,857 |
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| 2002 Census | 3,832 |
| 1989 Census | 11,176 |
| 1979 Census | 9,726 |
Chersky (Russian: Че́рский; Yakut: Черскэй) 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.
It was founded as Nizhniye Kresty (Нижние Кресты) in 1931. In 1963, it was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Chersky, after Jan Czerski, a Polish geographer who organized several expeditions in the surrounding area in the 1880s. From the 1950s to the early 1990s, Chersky hosted logistical wing for drifting ice stations, which run a supply route via the Zhokhov Island.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Chersky serves as the administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Petushki), incorporated within Nizhnekolymsky District as the Settlement of Chersky. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chersky is incorporated within Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District as Chersky Urban Settlement.
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