Salekhard
| Salekhard (English) Салехард (Russian) Пуӆңават (Khanty) |
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| Administrative status (as of September 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of okrug significance of Salekhard |
| Administrative center of | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, town of okrug significance of Salekhard |
| Municipal status (as of June 2010) | |
| Urban okrug | Salekhard Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Salekhard Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Alexander Spirin |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 42,544 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
| Founded | 1595 |
| Town status since | 1938 |
| Previous names | Obdorsk (until 1933) |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 34922 |
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Salekhard (Russian: Салеха́рд; Khanty: Пуӆңават, Pułñawat; Nenets: Саляʼ харад, Salja’ harad - lit. house on a peninsula) is a town and the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is crossing the Polar circle, the main parts being about 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) south and suburbs stretching to the north of the circle. Population: 42,544 (2010 Census);36,827 (2002 Census);32,334 (1989 Census).
The settlement of Obdorsk (Обдорск) was founded in 1595, in the place of a Khanty settlement called Polnovat-Vozh (Полноват-вож), by Russian settlers after the conquest of Siberia. It was situated on the Ob River, and its name supposedly derives from that. The land around Obdorsk was referred to as Obdorsky krai, or Obdoriya.
The town was often used as a place of exile during the Tsarist and Soviet periods. Among notable people who spent time here was the Doukhobor spiritual leader Pyotr Verigin and Leon Trotsky. The town and nearby area contained three Soviet camps where approximately 6,500 prisoners were held, arrested for their belief in God. At the port of Salekhard, approximately 1,500 prisoners loaded and unloaded goods at the dock, or mined metal ores. About 5,000 prisoners in two camps near Salekhard were assigned to polish diamonds mined from Mir mine.
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