Rudnaya Pristan (Russian: Ру́дная При́стань, lit. Ore Wharf) is a village (selo) located at the mouth of the Rudnaya River, on the Pacific coast of Primorsky Krai. It is situated 35 km east of Dalnegorsk (also in Primorsky Krai) and approximately 514 km north of Vladivostok. Its population was 2,107 in 2010, 2,389 in 2002,[4] and 2,947 in 1989.[5]
Rudnaya Pristan
Рудная Пристань | |
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Location of Rudnaya Pristan  | |
  Rudnaya Pristan Location of Rudnaya Pristan  Rudnaya Pristan Rudnaya Pristan (Primorsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 44°21′31″N 135°48′37″E / 44.35861°N 135.81028°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Founded | official 1910 (settlement began 1866) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,107 |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 692434 |
| OKTMO ID | 05707000116 |
Lead smelting has been the town's primary industry since a plant was built there in 1930. The plant has provided steady employment for most of the area's families since that time, but at enormous cost to both the health of the residents and the local environment. The residents suffer from many health problems, including an inordinately high rate of cancer, and the soil has become heavily contaminated with lead-related by-products. The Blacksmith Institute consequently declared Rudnaya Pristan, along with Dalnegorsk, one of the ten worst polluted places on earth,[6] although Anatoly Lebedev, leader of the ecological NGO BROK, disputes this inclusion.[7]
Despite its coastal location, Rudnaya Pristan's harbor has remained largely undeveloped, and its climate is harsh, dominated in winter by the vast Siberian high-pressure system and in summer by remnants of the East Asian monsoon. This combination results in very cold, dry winters with generally high winds, and muggy summers that provide ideal conditions for the breeding of mosquitoes.
Climate edit
| Climate data for Rudnaya Pristan (extremes 1932–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
0.2 (32.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −30.0 (−22.0) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−30.1 (−22.2) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.5 (0.61) |
14.0 (0.55) |
26.7 (1.05) |
52.7 (2.07) |
82.7 (3.26) |
93.3 (3.67) |
125.9 (4.96) |
124.7 (4.91) |
110.6 (4.35) |
70.9 (2.79) |
39.7 (1.56) |
22.9 (0.90) |
779.6 (30.68) |
| Source: pogoda.ru.net[8] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ (2002 Census)
- ^ (1989 Census).
- ^ "Rudnaya Pristan". Blacksmith Institute. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "Ecologists of Primorye Territory (Russia) surprised at listing Rudnaya Pristan among the most polluted places in the world" (in Russian).
- ^ "Климат Рудной Пристани" (in Russian). Retrieved December 29, 2022.
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