Kharp

Coordinates: 66°48′30″N 65°48′15″E / 66.80833°N 65.80417°E / 66.80833; 65.80417
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Kharp
Харп
Urban-type settlement
Kharp, January 2008
Kharp, January 2008
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Coat of arms of Kharp
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Kharp is located in Russia
Kharp
Kharp
Location of Kharp
Kharp is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Kharp
Kharp
Kharp (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 66°48′30″N 65°48′15″E / 66.80833°N 65.80417°E / 66.80833; 65.80417
CountryRussia
Federal subjectYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total6,413
 • Subordinated toPriuralsky District
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
629420Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID71953000052

Kharp (Russian: Харп, Nenets: Харп, lit. 'aurora') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in the Priuralsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, on the bank of the Sob River near the Polar Urals. Population: 6,413 (2010 Census);[1] 7,278 (2002 Census);[4] 5,381 (1989 Census).[5]

Geography and features[edit]

The nearest major settlement is Salekhard, roughly 45 kilometres (28 miles) away. Kharp is the location of prison/penal colonies IK-18 Polar Owl and IK-3 Polar Wolf,[6] two of Russia’s northernmost prisons.[7]

History[edit]

The town was built by Gulag prisoners during the Stalin era.[8][7] The settlement began with the creation of the Podgornaya railway station, which consisted of several houses of railway workers. By decision of the Tyumen Regional Council of Workers' Deputies dated January 24, 1968 No. 54, the Podgornaya station was transformed into the rural village of Kharp,[9] and in December 1971, by decision of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the Kharp Rural Council was formed.[10] On April 9, 1981, Kharp was transferred to the administrative subordination of the city of Labytnangi (Labytnangi City Council).[11] Kharp became a workers' village, and the village council was transformed into the Kharp village council. Since 1992, the administration of the rural settlement is Kharp.[10]

On 16 February 2024, opposition leader Alexei Navalny died while imprisoned at Polar Wolf penal colony in Kharp.[12]

See also[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • Anderson, Clare (2018). A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies. Google Books: Bloomsbury. p. 298. ISBN 9781350000681.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). 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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  5. ^ 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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  6. ^ Nechepurenko, Ivan; Troianovski, Anton (25 December 2023). "Aleksei Navalny Found in Remote Arctic Prison, Easing Fears Over His Safety". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Icy welcome for Aleksei Navalny in the Arctic 'hell' of Kharp". The Barents Observer. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Navalny's penal colony in the Arctic is direct heir to the Russian Gulag". France 24. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Полвека – не срок. У Харпа – юбилей" (in Russian). Yamal Media. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Харп" (in Russian). rodinatyumen.ru. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  11. ^ "ХАРП — последние новости" (in Russian). lenta.ru. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  12. ^ Seddon, Max; Stognei, Anastasia (16 February 2024). "Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny dies in Arctic prison". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

External links[edit]

  • Media related to Kharp at Wikimedia Commons
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