Chersky, Sakha Republic

Chersky (also anglicized Cherskiy) (Russian: Че́рский; Yakut: Черскэй, Çerskey) is a small urban-type settlement in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is the administrative centre of Nizhnekolymsky District. Geography and population Chersky lies on the Kolyma River about 1,920 kilometres (about 1,194 mi) east of Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic. According to the 2010 Census, Chersky had 2,857 people. Chersky is also north of the Arctic Circle, so it experiences midnight sun in summer and polar night in winter. History Chersky was started in 1931 with the name Nizhniye Kresty (Russian: Нижние Кресты). In 1963, it became an urban-type settlement and was renamed Chersky, after Jan Czerski, a Polish explorer who studied this region in the 1880s. From the 1950s to the early 1990s, Chersky was used as a base to support drifting ice stations, with supply routes going through Zhokhov Island. Transport and climate Chersky does not have good road connections to other places. In winter, supply routes run over the frozen river and ground. The climate is extremely cold, as the settlement is in the Arctic region. References