Volochanka Волочанка | |
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Settlement | |
Location of Volochanka  | |
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| Coordinates:70°58′38″N94°32′39″E / 70.97722°N 94.54417°E /70.97722; 94.54417 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
| District town | Dudinka |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2010)[1] | 530 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 647506, 647235 |
| OKTMO ID | 04653101106 |
Volochanka (Russian:Волоча́нка) is arural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of thedistrict town ofDudinka inTaymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District ofKrasnoyarsk Krai,Russia.[4] It is located on theKheta River in theTaymyr 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]
The inhabitants include representatives of Taymyr,Dolgans, andNganasan indigenous peoples.
The settlement has a boarding school, kindergarten, district hospital, rural cultural center, a library, a branch of the Federal Postal Service, Department of "Telecommunications", and weather station.