Volochanka

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CountryRussia
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
647506, 647235Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID04653101106
Volochanka
Волочанка
Settlement
Location of Volochanka
Volochanka is located in Russia
Volochanka
Volochanka
Location of Volochanka
Volochanka is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Volochanka
Volochanka
Volochanka (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Coordinates: 70°58′38″N 94°32′39″E / 70.97722°N 94.54417°E / 70.97722; 94.54417
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai
Administrative districtTaymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
District townDudinka
Population
 • Estimate 
(2010)[1]
530
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
647506, 647235Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID04653101106

Volochanka (Russian: Волоча́нка) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the district town of Dudinka in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.[4] It is located on the Kheta River in the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: 530 people (2010 est.).[1]

In 1932, native leaders of three nationalities, including the Dolgan and Yakuts, started a civil uprising in Volochanka against the Bolsheviks; twenty Party workers were killed and many others wounded in the event.[5][6]

Demographics

The inhabitants include representatives of Taymyr, Dolgans, and Nganasan indigenous peoples.

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