Udachny, Russia
Удачный
Udachny is a town of 15,266 people in Sakha, Russia, founded in 1967.
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About Udachny
Udachny (Russian: Удачный, IPA: [ʊˈdatɕnɨj], lit. successful or lucky; Yakut: Удачнай, Udaçnay) is a town in Mirninsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Markha River, 508 kilometers (316 mi) from Mirny, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 12,613.
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History
The Udachnaya pipe diamond deposit was discovered in 1955. Due to its isolated location, it was not exploited until the 1960s. In conjunction with the beginnings of diamond production, the urban-type settlement of Udachny was founded in 1968; town status was granted to it in 1987.
As part of a plan to create the basin for a tailings dam for the nearby diamond mine, a 1.7 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated 98 meters (322 ft) underground near Udachny on October 2, 1974. Original plans had called for eight similar explosions to be conducted; however, due to radioactive fallout being far greater than expected, the project was halted after the first blast. The shaft in which the explosion was held was not plugged until eighteen years later, with an estimated 7-to-20-meter (23 to 66 ft) thick concrete sarcophagus.
From the History section of Udachny on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Polyarny Airport (PYJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 17 km away.
- Aykhal 69 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Photo credits
- Old Udachny-Gagarin Street+Overburden dump, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny Gagarin Street 2, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Gagarin Street-Bakery, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Gagarin Street 1, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Gagarin Street 3, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Gagarin Street 4, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-1st house of flats demolition in Soviet Street, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Dogs and cats in the spring sun, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Budding catkins-low and creeping, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Zelyonaya Street 1, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Street of family houses, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Zelyonaya Street 2, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Streets turn into streams, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-These houses are also inhabited, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Family house, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Rope bridge over the Daldyn+footpath, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Daldyn+Overburden dump, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Rope bridge over the Daldyn 0, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Rope bridge over the Daldyn 1, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Rope bridge over the Daldyn 3, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Street behind the Bank, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Shop and the Bank, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-View from the footbridge, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Bus stop 3, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Rope bridge over the Daldyn 2, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Ford across Daldyn, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Daldyn River, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Bus stop 1, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Bus stop 2, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-View of Gagarin Street, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Cemetery 2, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Cemetery 1, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Cemetery 4, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Cemetery 5, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Cemetery 3, Inopta, CC0
- Old Udachny-Snowdrops on banks of streams, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Larch stump annual rings 0,3 mm D 300 mm, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Larch roofs do not grow into permafrost, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Melting creates many streams, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
- Old Udachny-Forest road, Inopta, CC BY 4.0
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