Dudinka

Dudinka (English) Дудинка (Russian)
-  Town[citation needed]  -
View of Dudinka
Location of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia
Dudinka
Coordinates: 69°24′N 86°11′E / 69.4°N 86.183°E / 69.4; 86.183Coordinates: 69°24′N 86°11′E / 69.4°N 86.183°E / 69.4; 86.183
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	22,207 inhabitants[1]
Population (2002 Census)	25,132 inhabitants[2]
Time zone	KRAST (UTC+08:00)[3]
Founded	1667[citation needed]

The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the settlements of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk

Dudinka (Russian: Дуди́нка) is a town and the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It was the administrative center of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, which was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on January 1, 2007. It is a port in the lower reaches of the Yenisei River, accessible to seagoing ships. Population: 22,207 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 25,132 (2002 Census);^[2] 32,325 (1989 Census).^[4]

It was founded in 1667 as a winter settlement, and was granted town status in 1951. Dudinka is the birthplace of famous Russian poet Olga Martynova.^[5][6]

Dudinka processes cargo for and sends it to the Norilsk Mining and Smelting Factory and ships non-ferrous metals, coal and ore. In 1969, the Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk natural gas pipeline was laid.

In his 1937 book Forty thousand against the Arctic, H.P. Smolka described the town as being a GPU prison camp.

Near Dudinka there is a 462 metre tall radio mast which was formerly used for the CHAYKA radio navigation system. It is a grounded mast with a rhombic cage antenna. [1]

It is served by the Dudinka Airport.

Demographic Evolution

1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	1996	2002	2007
13,900	16,300	19,700	24,800	32,300	33,700	25,132	24,600

Port of Dudinka

View of Dudinka

See also

• Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route
• Yenisei Gulf

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
3. ^ 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).
4. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
5. ^ "Olga Martynova". Herrmann-Lenz-Preis. http://www.hermann-lenz-preis.de/martynova.html. Retrieved 2008-07-08. (German)
6. ^ "Biographies - Poets". poetrymagazines.org.uk. http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=13342. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 

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• Weather in Dudinka
• Cruise on the Yenisey