Anyuysk


Anyuysk is a rural locality in Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located west of Bilibino on the border with the Sakha Republic and on the banks of the Maly Anyuy River. The village is 272 km to Bilibino and approximately 800 km to Anadyr. Population: Municipally, Anyuysk is subordinated to Bilibinsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Anyuysk Rural Settlement.

History

The village was founded in 1930 as a result of the collectivisation of a number of nomadic herders who settled in the village establishing two collective farms: "First of May" and "New Life". Once the farms were established the village grew rapidly and a boarding school and kindergarten were constructed. These farms were reorganised into a single entity in 1960 under the name "Anyuysky". Anyuysk was the administrative centre of Bilibino District from March 15, 1950, when it took over responsibilities from Ostrovnoye until August 2, 1961, when responsibilities passed to the current administrative centre, Bilibino. In the 1980s a dairy farm was established in order to provide milk to the school and the villagers.

Economy

The main occupation of the inhabitants is reindeer herding and fishing, hunting and trapping. Currently, Anyuysk is the base for the municipal agricultural enterprise "Lakeside". The village has a school, local hospital, post office, communications center, a cultural center, a library, a hotel with ten beds.

Culture

The village holds an annual bear festival. There is a children's group called Souvenir, a sports, dance and singing club called Masteritsa and a folk dance ensemble called Nyoltyn.

Demographics

The population as of the beginning of January 2012 was 472, mainly Evens, a slight reduction on the 2010 official census figure of 480, split equally between men and women. As of January 2012, the ethnic make up of the village was as following:
Indigenous PeopleNumber in VillagePercentage of Population
Even

259
55%
Russian, Ukrainian and Others

200
42%
Chukchi

13
3%
Total

472
100%

This is down on the population as of 2006, which was around 600 people, of which 340 were natives, which itself was up from 535 people reported in 2005 in an environmental impact report for the Kupol Gold Project. The head of the village administration is Andrey Kulinenko.

Transport

Anyuysk is not connected by permanent road to any other populated settlement however, there is a tractor road linking the village to Chersky, an urban locality and the administrative center of Nizhnekolymsky District of the Sakha Republic via the settlement of Panteleyikha, also in the Sakha Republic. The Maly Anyuy River also links Anyuysk to the Kolyma River and other settlements such as Nizhnekolymsk. There is however, a network of roads within the village including:
Anyuysk has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal climate'.