Salekhard

**Salekhard** (; Khanty: ; , lit. *hoose on a peninsulae*) is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Roushie. It is the closest toun tae the Polar circle, the main pairts bein aboot  sooth an suburbs stretchin tae the north o the circle.  Population: 

## History
The dounset o **Obdorsk** () wis foondit in 1595, in the place o a Khanty dounset cried Polnovat-Vozh (), bi Roushie settlers efter the conquest o Siberie. It wis situatit on the Ob River, an its name supposedly derives frae that. The laund aroond Obdorsk wis referred tae as Obdorsky krai, or **Obdoriya**.

The toun wis aften uised as a place o exile durin the Tsarist an Soviet periods. Amang notable fowk who spent time here wis the Doukhobor spiritual leader Pyotr Verigin. The toun an nearbi aurie contained three Soviet camps whaur approximately 6,500 preesoners wur held, arrested for their belief in God. At the port o Salekhard, approximately 1,500 preesoners loadit an unloadit guids at the dock, or mined metal ores. Aboot 5,000 preesoners in twa camps near Salekhard wur assigned tae pols diamonds mined frae Mirny.

On 10 Dizember 1930, Obdorsk became the admeenistrative centre o the new Yamal (Nenets) Naitional Okrug. It wis renamit Salekhard in 1933, an grantit toun status in 1938.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it is, thegither wi ane landwart locality, incorporatit as the **[[ceety o federal subject significance|toun o okrug significance]] o Salekhard**—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, the toun o okrug significance o Salekhard is incorporatit as **Salekhard Urban Okrug**.

## Economy
Yamal Airlines haes its heid office in Salekhard.

### Transportation
The toun is servit bi the Salekhard Airport.

The nearest railwey is at Labytnangi on the opposite side o the river Ob. Frae 1949 tae 1953, the Salekhard-Igarka Railway project made an unsuccessful attempt tae extend the line tae Igarka, claimin the lives o thoosans o Gulag preesoners.  The section o railwey frae Salekhard tae Nadym wis completit an remained in uise for some time in the Soviet era, awtho it wis later abandoned.  It is currently bein rebuilt, alang wi a lang-awaitit brig athort the Ob atween Labytnangi an Salekhard.

, caurs an larries cross the river bi drivin athort the frozen river ice for 9–10 month a year. In the simmer a ferry operates, "but twice a year, durin floatin o ice, Salekhard lives in a staundalane mode, completely cut aff frae the warld. Anerlie helicopter in case o emergency. Native fowk aye build safety stock o fuid at hame, in the shops, in the mercat for this period, but they still hae saisonal price increasin."

## Climate

Salekhard haes a subairctic climate (Köppen climate classification *Dfc*) wi short, mild simmers an severly cauld winters. Precipitation is moderate, an is significantly greater in simmer than in winter.





## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister cities
Salekhard is twinned wi:
*Azov, Rostov Oblast, Roushie

## References
### Notes

### Sources
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## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid o Salekhard 
*Offeecial wabsteid o Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Information aboot Salekhard