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18-523: It is situated on Lavrentiya Bay , named by Captain James Cook who arrived in the bay on the feast day of Saint Lawrence in 1778. The village itself was founded in 1928 (although some sources suggest 1927). By 1928 a Kultbaza (a semi-permanent cultural base established by the Soviet Union in rural areas to ensure the ideological education of local indigenous inhabitants) had been established in

36-428: A staff, others that they had religious significance and others still thinking that they were purely aesthetic. However, investigation into the aerodynamics of the objects found that their shape had much in common with modern aircraft wings and it was proposed that these objects were in fact to assist in the flight of harpoons , thinking confirmed by the discovery of a harpoon with a "winged object" still attached to it. It

54-631: Is a rural locality (a selo ) in Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia . It is located on the boundary of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea . Population: 1,267 ( 2010 Census ) ; Municipally, Lorino is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and incorporated as Lorino Rural Settlement . Lorino is the largest indigenous village in the whole autonomous okrug and larger even than Lavrentiya ,

72-590: Is a bay in the Bering Sea on the eastern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula , Russian Federation . This bay is located very close to the Bering Strait , which lies only a few km to the NE. The bay is open towards the southeast; it is 45 km in length and has an average width of about 8 km. There are two little islands inside the bay where it narrows forming an inlet. On the southern shore of

90-428: Is based in the village. The population as of the official 2010 census results was 1267, of whom 628 were male and 639 female. This is a reduction on a 2003 estimate by Red Cross Chukotka as 1,419, of which 1,288 were indigenous peoples. The village of Lorino is linked to Lavrentiya by a 40 kilometers (25 mi) unpaved road. There is, however, a small number of roads within the settlement including: Lorino has

108-573: Is linked to Lavrentiya by a 40 kilometers (25 mi) unpaved road. Other than this short road, Lavrentiya, despite being the administrative centre of the district, is not linked to any other part of the world by road. However, the settlement has a small number of roads within it. Lavrentiya has an arctic tundra climate ( Köppen climate classification ET ) because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 and +10 °C (32 and 50 °F). Lavrentiya Bay The Saint Lawrence Bay ( Russian : Залив Лаврентия ; Zaliv Lavrentiya )

126-503: Is not clear why such a useful tool fell out of use amongst the indigenous peoples. Historically, one of the most significant cultural exports from the village was the indigenous ensemble Yeti ( Russian : Етти ) which was led in 1976 by the Yupik woman M. S. Glukhikh, who now leads the national ensemble White Sail ( Russian : Белый парус ). The village also contains the Church of

144-452: Is now Chukotsky District to Lavrentiya from their current position in Uelen . Transfer ultimately took place but was slow. A final decision was not made until late in 1940. The first institutions did not actually move until 1942 and, because of World War 2, were not completed until 1946. With the shift in district administration to Lavrentiya, a new airfield was built and during World War 2 this

162-514: The Archangel Michael. Lavrentiya, as the administrative centre of the district contains the majority of the key district facilities including a branch of the district court and public prosecutor, hospital, post office, school, telecomms, pharmacy and is the regional headquarters for the airline Chukotavia . Lavrentiya is 650 kilometres (404 mi) from Anadyr . The village is served by Lavrentiya Airport . The village of Lorino

180-639: The administrative centre of the district, which is found to the north-west. The village is located on the shores of the Bering Sea, on the Mechigmen spit. it is 40.5 km to the district centre. Near the village are the Lorinski (Kukunyskie) hot springs. The name "Lorino" comes from the Chukchi "льурэн" ( lyuren ), meaning "found camp". The first mention of Lorino comes from the 18th century, with

198-406: The area and by 1930 the settlement was sufficient that it was appointed as the administrative centre of Chukotsky District. This appointment was later transferred to Uelen but administrative responsibilities returned to Lavrentiya in 1942. Lavrentiya was founded as a village in 1928, when a Chukchi Kultbaza, a communist run cultural and political base was established. The Chukchi Kultbaza connected

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216-682: The bay at Cape Hargilah is the village of Port Lawrence . British Captain James Cook landed for a few hours in St. Lawrence Bay and met some of the local Chukchi people in August 1778, but he didn't linger in the bay. This bay was first surveyed by Russian mariner Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke in 1828. This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lorino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Lorino ( Russian : Лорино ; Chukchi : Ԓьурэн , Ḷ'urèn , lit. found camp ; Naukan : Lluughraq )

234-775: The formation of the village, in December 1930 the Kultbaza in Lavrentiya became the administrative centre for the Chukotka National District (not to be confused with the current Chukotsky District), though in April 1932, this was switched to Anadyr. In December 1933, at a meeting of the District CPSU, the question was raised in Lavrentiya concerning the potential transfer of district institutions for what

252-430: The modern Chukchi village located on the site of the former Eskimo settlement of Nukak [6]. The main occupations of the inhabitants are sea mammal hunting, reindeer herding and fishing and the village is the base for the municipal agricultural enterprise "Keper" ( Russian : Кэпэр ). A fox farm was established in the village in 1955 and a processing factory for seafood and meat canning was opened in 2009. The area around

270-535: The various administrative and economic institutions of the region to promote the consolidation of Soviet power. A steamer with timber for the construction of houses and other buildings entered the Gulf of Lawrence in August 1927 with workers on board. By the autumn of 1928 Kultbaza consisted of a series of buildings: a veterinary station, repair shop for motor vehicles and appliances, hospital, warehouse, homes, factories, boarding schools and three residential houses. Following

288-406: The village every year. The museum in the village, dedicated to indigenous history and culture, achieved national status in 1994 and contains exhibits from Uelen and Ekven , including a number of "winged objects", butterfly-shaped instruments carved from walrus tusk, which initially provoked confusion over their original purpose. Initial opinion was divided, with some thinking they were part of

306-413: The village was used as the setting for the film The Chief of Chukotka . The Lorino hot springs are located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from the village. The village has a high school, a daycare center, a boarding school, a cultural center, a food store, a hospital, a post-office, and a breeding farm with more than 300 Arctic foxes . The Lorino Dawns native ensemble under the guidance of N. Ginuntegin

324-506: Was used for Lend-Lease flights. In 1955, a regular air route was established between Lavrentiya and Uelen, and in 1958, a number of Yupik who lived at Naukan were relocated to the village following the closure of Naukan. Within the framework of municipal divisions , Lavrentiya is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and incorporated as Lavrentiya Rural Settlement . There is an annual Whale and Skin Boat Regatta held in

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