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Igarka
Sign in to saveIgarka () is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Igarka is a monotown established around a sawmill which processed timber logged in the basin of the Yenisei River for export. Up to 1956, it was largely inhabited by deportees and political prisoners. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the town's population has rapidly declined – it decreased from to 4,417 (2019).
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Place details
- Locality
- Игарка
- Region
- Красноярский край
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 7,470
- Timezone
- Asia/Krasnoyarsk
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Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Igarka
- Russian town.ru_name
- Игарка
- Russian town.image_skyline
- 2020-08-21_14-51-51_Игарка_(cropped).jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- Igarka from the Yenesei River
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Igarka.svg
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Igarka.svg
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Turukhansky District
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Igarka
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_type
- District town
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- District town of Igarka
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Turukhansky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Igarka Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of
- Igarka Urban Settlement
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 6183
- Russian town.established_date
- 1929
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3559
- Area
- 20
- Elevation
- 20
- Official website
- igarkacity.info
- Image
- 2020-08-21 14-51-51 Игарка (cropped).jpg
- Dialing code
- 39172
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- Igarka
- inception
- 1929-01-01
- postal code
- 663200
- native label
- Игарка
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Travel guide
Understand
Igarka was founded in 1931. The city got its name from the channel on which it was located, which was in turn named after a local fisherman, Yegor Shiryaev.
Igarka is infamous as the starting point for Stalin's railway to nowhere, constructed between 1949 and Stalin's death in 1953. The project failed and thousands of the gulag laborers died in the process.
It is the main port via which the timber harvested in the Yenisei River basin is shipped to Europe.
It has a population of approximately 6,000 people and has been in decline.
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Igarka () is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Igarka is a monotown established around a sawmill which processed timber logged in the basin of the Yenisei River for export. Up to 1956, it was largely inhabited by deportees and political prisoners. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the town's population has rapidly declined – it decreased from to 4,417 (2019).
==History== Igarka was founded in 1929 as a sawmill and a timber-exporting port by the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route. Timber was logged in the basin of the Yenisei River, floated to Igarka where it was processed, and then exported to various distribution centers. The town grew rapidly as deportees during the dekulakization campaigns were sent to the town. Igarka was granted city status in 1931. The town's construction was directed by who envisioned Igarka as an ideal Soviet Arctic city. In 1939, the town reached its peak population of 23,648. Further development was suspended due to World War II, but resumed in the late 1940s when Igarka was envisioned as a naval port.
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