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Urban locality with penal colonies in Russia

Urban-type settlement in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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Urban-type settlement
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Location of Kharp
Kharp is located in RussiaKharpKharpLocation of KharpShow map of RussiaKharp is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugKharpKharpKharp (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)Show map of 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
 • Total6,413
Administrative status
 • Subordinated toPriuralsky District
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)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); 7,278 (2002 Census); 5,381 (1989 Soviet census).

Geography and features

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, two of Russia’s northernmost prisons.

History

The town was built by Gulag prisoners during the Stalin era. 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, and in December 1971, by decision of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the Kharp Rural Council was formed. On April 9, 1981, Kharp was transferred to the administrative subordination of the city of Labytnangi (Labytnangi City Council). 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.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
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  4. 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 (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 (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики . 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. ^ "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. ^ "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.

Sources

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

External links

  • Media related to Kharp at Wikimedia Commons
Administrative divisions of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Administrative center: Salekhard • Rural localities
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