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Arctic Yearbook 2015
Nizhnekolymskiy
Olenekskiy
Srendnekolymskiy
Ust-Yanskiy
Eveno-Bytantayskiy National 3
Total 13 Arctic areas
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Anadirskiy
Beringovskiy4
Bilibinskiy
Iultinskiy
Providenskiy
Chaunskiy
Chukotskiy (rural population)
Shmidtovskiy5
Total Chukotka Autonomous
Okrug
13,692
3993
9441
41265
0
146,380
4414
3963
7535
7359
2790
69,395
32.2
99.2
79.8
17.8
47.4
12
4
10
11
2
104
40,475
8968
27,847
15689
9778
32,167
6878
15,726
23,329
47.2*
16
7855
5197
3771
5800
4603
28.2
16.5**
38.6
18.0
66.9
10
10
6
12
6
157,528
50,555
32.1
60
In Yakutia, a marked population decline is evidenced in the areas of incessant industrial development
in the Ust-Yanskiy region – by 5.6 times; in the Nizhnekolmskiy region – by 3.1; and in the Bulunskiy
region – by 2.1. In regions with traditional economies, the population decline was less evident: in the
Abyyskiy region – by 1.5; in the Anabarskiy, Zhiganskiy, Momskiy, and Srendnekolymskiy regions –
by 1.1-1.3; while the population density in the Olenekskiy region was not subject to a change. In
Chukotka’s Anadirskiy (by 2.1) and Chukotskiy regions (by 1.5) a less marked population decline was
evidenced. The population in the Bilibinskiy, Iultinskiy, and Chaunskiy regions declined by 3.5 - 6.0
times.
Similar dynamics resulted from a shift in Russian state policy towards the Arctic by the end of the
20th century and a significant reduction of mining production in northern Yakutia (Ta ble 2) and
Chukotka, as well as the deterioration of other subsidiary sectors.
Table 2: Production volumes in the Arctic areas, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Mineral /
1995 2000 2005 2006 2007
year
Diamonds
Joint stock company “Almazy Anabara”6
Diamond
production,
thousand
carats
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
N/A
N/A
N/A
2534
2408
2521
3059
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