Ryrkaypiy
| Ryrkaypiy (English) Рыркайпий (Russian) Ир-Каппея (Chukchi) |
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 Nighttime panorama of Ryrkaypiy |
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.svg) Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| Administrative district | Iultinsky District |
| Municipal status (as of June 2009) | |
| Municipal district | Iultinsky Municipal District |
| Rural settlement | Ryrkaypiy Rural Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Ryrkaypiy Rural Settlement |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 766 inhabitants |
| Population (January 2016 est.) | 578 inhabitants |
| Time zone | PETT (UTC+12:00) |
| Postal code(s) | 689360 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42739 |
Ryrkaypiy (Russian: Рыркайпий; Chukchi: Ир-Каппея) is a rural locality (a selo) just to the west of Mys Shmidta in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Municipally, Ryrkaypiy is incorporated as Ryrkaypiy Rural Settlement. Population: 766 (2010 Census); .
The village is a small settlement, population as of 2010: 766, of whom 388 were men and 378 women, up considerably from a 2003 estimate of 324, most of whom are of Chukchi descent.
The name of the village means "Place of the Walrus" in Chukchi, or "Walrus Jam", to convey the meaning that there are regularly large numbers of Walrus in the vicinity. Unsurprisingly, marine hunting has traditionally been a key source of food and employment for the local indigenous people.
As with several of the rural settlements throughout Chukotka, Ryrkaipiy was the centre for a collectivised farm centred on reindeer. Indeed, it was the central farmstead for the largest of all the reindeer herding farms throughout Chukotka, named Pioneer. Unlike other rural settlements in Chukotka such as Alkatvaam in Beringovsky District and Tavaivaam in Anadyrsky District, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and payments to the farms from the government effectively ceased as Russia moved to a market economy, the workers on this farm were able to keep their reindeer herds going and these herds are still the major source of employment for the local people, despite living on the coast.
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