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Almazny, Sakha Republic

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative district
  
Mirninsky District

Administrative center of
  
Settlement of Almazny

Federal subject
  
Sakha Republic

Settlement
  
Settlement of Almazny

Founded
  
1960

Almazny, Sakha Republic

Municipal district
  
Mirninsky Municipal District

Almazny (Russian: Алма́зный; Yakut: Алмазнай) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Mirninsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) from Mirny, the administrative center of the district, on the border of the Lena and Vilyuy Plateaus, on the Irelyakh River, at its confluence with the Ochchuguy-Botuobuya, a tributary of the Vilyuy. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,527.

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Map of Almazny, Sakha Republic, Russia, 678181

History

Diamond deposits were discovered in the area in 1954, in conjunction with which the nearby selo of Novy was founded in the same year. Almazny was founded in 1960 as a dormitory settlement for mine workers, and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1962.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Almazny, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Mirninsky District as the Settlement of Almazny. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Almazny is incorporated within Mirninsky Municipal District as Almazny Urban Settlement.

Economy and infrastructure

Employment in Almazny centers on diamond extraction from placer deposits in the valley of the Irelyakh River, using three specially-built semi-stationary dredgers.

Almazny lies on the Vilyuy Highway, which connects the diamond mining town of Mirny with the republic capital of Yakutsk. The road junction to Aykhal and Udachny, which is planned to be expanded into the Anabar Highway and ultimately connect to the Arctic Ocean coast in the Anabar River region, is located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) west of Almazny>

References

Almazny, Sakha Republic Wikipedia


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