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    Uelen is a rural locality (a selo) in Chukotsky District, just south of the Arctic Circle in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Far East. As of...
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    eastern tip of a high, rocky headland, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Uelen in the north to Cape Pe'ek in the south, connected to the mainland by a...
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    Eurasian continent. This distinction is now held by the Russian village Uelen in the Chukotsky District. Naukan was founded in the 14th century. In 1648...
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    peninsula of Asia. Its eastern end is at Cape Dezhnev near the village of Uelen. The Chukotka Mountains are located in the central/western part of the peninsula...
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    district in the autonomous okrug without any urban localities. The selo of Uelen is located in the district, which is a focal point for indigenous artwork...
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    an impact crater lake, and Anyuyskiy, an extinct volcano. The village of Uelen is the easternmost settlement in Russia and the closest substantial settlement...
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    centre of Chukotsky District. This appointment was later transferred to Uelen but administrative responsibilities returned to Lavrentiya in 1942., Lavrentiya...
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    Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The principal port on the Chukchi Sea is Uelen in Russia. The International Date Line crosses the Chukchi Sea from northwest...
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    remain in Bering Strait coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, particularly in Uelen, Lavrentiya, and Lorino. Many individuals who would have historically been...
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    easternmost town in Russia; more easterly settlements, such as Provideniya and Uelen, do not have town status. Although the town itself has only been in existence...
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    walrus carving collectives were established in villages in Chukotka, notably Uelen. International trade is, however, somewhat restricted by the Convention...
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    (41°16′N) Westernmost — Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast (19°55′E) Easternmost1 — Uelen, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (169°48′W) 1according to the path of the International...
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  • while they were crossing the Russian border near the Chukotkan village of Uelen, for not entering Russia at a correct port of entry. They were threatened...
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  • 1930 to a family of trappers and hunters. His birthplace, the village of Uelen, was then in the Chukotsky District, Far Eastern Krai; it is now part of...
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    Naukanski): spoken by perhaps 100 people in and around Lavrentiya, Lorino, and Uelen on the Chukotka Peninsula of Eastern Siberia. Central Siberian Yupik (also...
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  • Russian Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. It is located 30 km from the village of Uelen. Here a 2000-year-old Eskimo Cemetery from the Old Bering Sea culture was...
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  • English-language spelling for the village Uelen. Jimmy Whalen, a song by Peter, Paul and Mary from A Song Will Rise Whalan Uelen This page lists people with the...
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    Jean Malaurie aboard the Soviet hydrographic ship Malygin, off the coast of Uelen, during his expedition to Chukotka in August 1990...
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    Uzenema Primary School III; Uromi- Uzenema Primary School IV Esan North East Uelen/ Okugbe Uromi-Eguare Primary School; Uromi- Okpujie Primary School I; Uromi-...
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    marginally too low for the formation of permafrost. Example Mount Fuji in Japan, Uelen in Russia and Longyearbyen in Svalbard Norway. The winter is severe in spite...
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    participate in the rescue efforts. However, he would later shuttle a doctor from Uelen to Saint Lawrence Bay at Chukotka for emergency attention for Bobrov, deputy...
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    highest number of graves, over 500, near Cape Dezhneva at the two sites of Uelen and Ekven, north and south of the cape, respectively. OBS is known from...
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  • largest Yupik language spoken in Chukotka, is spoken in settlements including Uelen, Lorino, Lavrentiya, and Provideniya. Additionally, the Sireniki Eskimo...
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    bridge, it would probably connect Wales, Alaska, to a location south of Uelen. The bridge would also likely be divided by the Diomede Islands, which are...
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    temperatures are significantly higher than at other places within Chukotka such as Uelen and Ushakovskoye, because it is a more southerly settlement with greater...
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  • Chobotov shot and killed three people and wounded another. 31 January 2002 Uelen Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 4 0 4 Andrei Rastegaev shot dead four soldiers...
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    makeshift airstrip on the floating ice field of the Chukchi Sea to the town of Uelen. Lyapidevsky was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for this...
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  • located on the shores of the Chukchi Sea, about 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Uelen. Population: 387 (2010 Russian census); Municipally Inchoun is subordinated...
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    there, some of the Chelyuskinites were flown further to the village of Uelen, while fifty-three men walked over 300 miles to get there. The aircraft...
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    north towards Murmansk. From there he returned via the arctic coast to Uelen. The total distance of the ride over the course of the 3 years was 85,000 km...
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