Aliskerovo

Aliskerovo (Russian: Алискерово) is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 1,[5] a reduction from 7 (2002 Census);[2] 1,306 (1989 Census).[8]

Aliskerovo Алискерово
Urban-type settlement[1] (abolished)
Location of Aliskerovo
Aliskerovo Location of Aliskerovo Aliskerovo Aliskerovo (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 67°46′57″N 167°33′05″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[2]
Administrative district	Bilibinsky District[2]
Founded	1961[3]
Abolished	1998[4]
Population
• Estimate  (January 2010)[5]	1
Time zone	UTC+12 (MSK+9 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	689450
OKTMO ID	77609701902

Geography

Keperveyem is located just southeast of Bilibino, west of the Ilirney Range and east of Keperveyem and the Kyrganay Range. The Chuvanay Range rises to the west and southwest of the town, on the other side of the Maly Anyuy River.[9]

History

The settlement was founded in 1961[3] and named after Russian geologist Aziz Aliskerov, who played a significant role in the discovery and mapping of natural resources in this part of Russia.[3]

By 1968, the settlement had a population of around 2,300 inhabitants. The mines were declared unprofitable and that there was no possibility of developing any other form of economy in 1999 and the settlement was closed along with a number of others in Chukotka.[4] The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Aliskerovo from Chukotka to other parts of Russia.[4] The Ministry of railways was obliged to lease containers for the transportation of the migrants' goods to the Chukotkan administration and ensure that they were delivered to the various settlements.[4] By 1998, however, it was mostly depopulated. As of 2009, Aliskerovo is included in the list of settlements currently in the process of being liquidated.[1]

Meteorite discovery

A meteorite was recovered here on July 10, 1977. The meteorite was discovered in alluvium approximately 200,000 years old.[10] It weighed 58.4 kilograms (129 lb) and was classified by the Natural History Museum as a medium Octahedrite,[11] containing (mineral composition determined by X-ray spectral microanalysis): 9.25% nickel, 0.42% cobalt, and 0.30% phosphorus.[12] Some of its structural features testify to repeated metamorphic influences (impact loads and heating), which occurred during both its extraterrestrial existence and its passage through the atmosphere and fall to Earth[12] including: exhibiting striated kamacite, emulsion-like taenite, and the recrystallization of troilite-daubréelite nodules.[13]

Demographics

The 2002 census data showed the population to consist of five males and two females,[2] though the population had fallen to just 5 by 2005 according to an environmental impact study on the Kupol Gold Project.[14] The population had fallen to just a single person by 2010 according to the official Bilibino District website.[5]

Year	Inhabitants
1970	1245
1979	1170
1989	1306
2002	7
2007	3
2010	0
2011	1

Transport

Aliskerovo is not connected to any other inhabited location by permanent road[15] however, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[16]

• Улица 70 лет Октября (Ulitsa 70 let Oktyabrya, lit. 70 Years of October Street)
• Улица Геологов (Ulitsa Geologov, lit. Geologists Street)
• Улица Горняцкая (Ulitsa Gornyatskaya)
• Улица Егорова (Ulitsa Yegorova)
• Улица Полевая (Ulitsa Polevaya, lit. Field Street)
• Улица Проточная (Ulitsa Protochnaya, lit. Flow Street)
• Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)
• Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. School Street)

Climate

Aliserkovo has a Continental Subarctic climate (Dfc). The climate around the settlement is bitterly cold for most of the year, with temperatures below freezing from the end of September[17] and remaining so until the following May.[18] July is the warmest month, with an average daily temperature of 12.6 °C.[19] January is the coldest month, with a mean daily temperature of -48.2 °C.[20]

Climate data for Aliskerovo
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	−0.7 (30.7)	11 (52)	−1 (30)	5.4 (41.7)	19 (66)	30 (86)	31.3 (88.3)	31.2 (88.2)	19 (66)	6 (43)	2.6 (36.7)	0.6 (33.1)	31.3 (88.3)
Average high °C (°F)	−28.1 (−18.6)	−27.5 (−17.5)	−20.2 (−4.4)	−10.7 (12.7)	2.8 (37.0)	14.9 (58.8)	17.5 (63.5)	14.1 (57.4)	4.9 (40.8)	−9.1 (15.6)	−24.2 (−11.6)	−27.6 (−17.7)	−7.8 (18.0)
Average low °C (°F)	−34.1 (−29.4)	−35.4 (−31.7)	−32.4 (−26.3)	−24.8 (−12.6)	−7.5 (18.5)	4.2 (39.6)	6.6 (43.9)	3.3 (37.9)	−3.1 (26.4)	−16.3 (2.7)	−29.7 (−21.5)	−32.9 (−27.2)	−16.3 (2.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−55.4 (−67.7)	−54 (−65)	−52.5 (−62.5)	−43.4 (−46.1)	−31 (−24)	−6.8 (19.8)	−6 (21)	−9.2 (15.4)	−17 (1)	−39 (−38)	−54.5 (−66.1)	−55.2 (−67.4)	−55.4 (−67.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	12 (0.5)	12 (0.5)	6 (0.2)	6 (0.2)	6 (0.2)	27 (1.1)	48 (1.9)	42 (1.7)	12 (0.5)	15 (0.6)	15 (0.6)	15 (0.6)	216 (8.5)
Average snowy days	18	13	12	10	8	2	0	1	9	16	15	18	122
Source: [21]

See also

• List of inhabited localities in Bilibinsky District

References

Notes

1. Law #33, Article 14.2
3. Dead-cities.ru. Entry on Aliskerovo Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
4. Постановление Правительства РФ от 2 февраля 1998 г. N 128 О мерах социальной защиты населения ликвидируемых поселков золотодобытчиков в Чукотском автономном округe (Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug).
5. General Characteristics of the Area - Bilibinsky District Official Website
6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
8. "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.
9. Google Earth
10. Weathering-Induced Re-crystallisation of Kamacite, Grokhovsky, V.A. 60th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting
11. Natural History Museum Catlogue
12. The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
13. The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
14. Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia June 2005, prepared by Bema Gold Corporation
15. Map Q-57-58 Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine at Valsenko.net
16. Aliskerovo - Bilibinsky District Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
17. "September / October Weather Averages for Aliskerovo". Retrieved June 28, 2012.
18. "May Weather Averages for Aliskerovo". Retrieved June 28, 2012.
19. "July Weather Averages for Aliskerovo". Retrieved June 28, 2012.
20. "January Weather Averages for Aliskerovo". Retrieved June 28, 2012.
21. "Weather Averages for Aliskerovo". meoweather.com. Retrieved September 29, 2012.

Sources

• Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №33-ОЗ от 30 июня 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №55-ОЗ от 9 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чукотского автономного округа "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня его официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №7 (28), 14 мая 1999 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #33-OZ of June 30, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #55-OZ of June 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.).
• McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate Zones and Types". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-020263-0.