Ust-Belaya
| Ust-Belaya (English) Усть-Белая (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| Administrative district | Anadyrsky District |
| Municipal status (as of October 2010) | |
| Municipal district | Anadyrsky Municipal District |
| Rural settlement | Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 856 inhabitants |
| Population (January 2016 est.) | 787 inhabitants |
| Time zone | PETT (UTC+12:00) |
| Postal code(s) | 689540 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42732 |
Ust-Belaya (Russian: Усть-Бе́лая) is a rural locality (a selo) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the confluence of the Anadyr and the Belaya Rivers. Population: 856 (2010 Census); Municipally, the settlement is subordinated to Anadyrsky Municipal District and incorporated as Ust-Belaya Rural Settlement.
The settlement lies on the banks of the Belaya River (so called because of the contrast between its waters and those of the Anadyr), near to where it flows into the Anadyr River. The village is situated on the northern slopes of the mountain, Gynryretyk (Russian: Гынрырэтык, literally meaning "The Guardian").
The area in the vicinity of the settlement was populated during neolithic times, and a toggled harpoon head found in a grave indicated that there was a viable walrus hunting economy present in the area around 3000 BCE. Furthermore, in the 1950s, the archeologist N.N. Dikov identified a burial site for a previously unknown people, who have been named after the village as the Ust-Belayan culture. Several Neolithic sites have been discovered in the vicinity of the village, on the banks of the river and at the eastern end of the settlement an ancient cemetery was partially destroyed during the construction of some warehouses.
The settlement was established by villagers from Markovo towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century, and is one of the oldest settlements in Chukotka. At the begninning of the twentieth century, V.Z. Niulin moved here from the village of Markovo with approximately twenty other families from other camps in the surrounding area. in 1927, Nikulin opened a school in the village and the following year established a hospital. In 1930, a collective farm was established in the village and named "The First Revolutionary Committee of Chukotka". For the next five years, Ust-Belaya was the administrative centre of Anadyrsky District. The village is located in the immediate area where famous Chukchi reindeer herder Tenevil lived and the main economic driver of the settlement is still traditional reindeer husbandry aided by the fact that more than two thirds of the population of the village are of indigenous origin.
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