Nutepelmen

Nutepelmen (English) Нутэпэльмен (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  - Selo[1]
Location of Nutepelmen in relation to Kolyuchin Island
Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Nutepelmen Location of Nutepelmen in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 67°01′N 174°58′W / 67.017°N 174.967°W / 67.017; -174.967Coordinates: 67°01′N 174°58′W / 67.017°N 174.967°W / 67.017; -174.967
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district	Iultinsky District[2]
Municipal status (as of October 2010)
Municipal district	Chaunsky District[3]
Inter-settlement territory	yes[3]
Statistics
Population (2006 est.)	135 inhabitants[4]
Time zone	MAGST (UTC+12:00)[5]
Postal code(s)	689235[6]

Nutepelmen (Russian: Нутэпэльмен), is a village (selo) on the northern shores of Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. The village is a traditional Chukchi and Yupik settlement in an area that has been inhabited for centuries. Whilst the village still exists, in 2010, a law was passed abolishing the municipal rural settlement of Nutepelmen, meaning that administration responsibilities passed to the central district administration.

Geography

The village, population 135, as of 2006:^[4], is formed mainly of Chukchi people, and is located on a spit at the entrance to Pyngopylkhyn Lagoon (from the Chukchi, Pynopelgyn, lit. "sucking orifice").

The location of the village on the northern cost by the Chukchi Sea, makes the village a dangerous place to be as they are often invaded by polar bears making their way down the coast from Vankarem^[7].

Kolyuchin Island is found to the north east of the village.

History

Early history

Further along the coast, near the village, a stone circle can be found, dating from the sixteenth to seventeenth century when the Chukchi fought battles with the Cossack explorers. The skeletons of those killed in the battle can still be found on the surrounding tundra and the local Chukchi population regard the area as cursed.^[4] As well as the stone circle, on the eastern shore of Kolyuchinskaya Bay is the ancient Inuit village of Anayan (inhabitants transferred to Neshkan in the 1950s by Soviet authorities), where ruined houses still stand.^[4]

Recent history

On September 10, 2010, a law was passed abolishing Nutepelmen at municipal level.^[3] Nutepelmen as an entity continues to exist, but it is no longer a rural locality, this law stripped it of Selo status, it is simply an inhabited locality in the intra-settlement territory of Iultinsky municipal district. The right of the village to local government was removed^[8] and such responsibilities were taken over by Iultinsky municipal government on January 1, 2011.^[9] Iultinsky municipal government also took control of all municipal property, all municipal property rights and all local budgets on this date.^[10]

See also

• List of inhabited localities in Iultinsky District

Notes

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Law #33, Article 12.2
2. ^ Law #33, Article 16.2
3. ^ ^{a b c} Law #40-OZ, Article 1
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Petit Fute, Chukotka, p.127
5. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
6. ^ Pochtovik Mail Delivery Service Iultinsky District
7. ^ World Wildlife Fund Russia - Vankarem village besieged by polar bears
8. ^ Law #40-OZ, Article 6.2
9. ^ Law #40-OZ, Article 6.4
10. ^ Law #40-OZ, Article 6.5

Sources

• Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №40-ОЗ от 30 мая 2008 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований Иультинский муниципальный район и Шмидтовский муниципальный район и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №85-ОЗ от 20 октября 2010 г «Об упразднении сельского поселения Нутэпэльмен Иультинского муниципального района Чукотского автономного округа и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чукотского автономного округа». Вступил в силу через десять дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №22/1 (349/1), 6 июня 2008 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #40-OZ of May 30, 2008 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations of Iultinsky Municipal District and Shmidtovsky Municipal District an on Amending Several Legislative Acts of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #85-OZ of October 20, 2010 On Abolishing of Nutepelmen Rural Settlement of Iultinsky Municipal District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and on Amending Several Legislative Acts of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Effective as of the day ten days after the official publication date).

External links

• Nutepelmen photo gallery