Varnek
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Varnek
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Founded | first half of the 1930s |
| Population | |
• Total | 101 |
| Postal code[2] | 166000 |
| Dialing code | +7 81857 |
Varnek is a village on Vaygach Island of Zapolyarny District, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It had a population of 101 as of 2010, an increase from its population of 94 in 2002.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Varnek is located on the southern coast of Vaygach Island.
History
[edit | edit source]In 1921, zinc-lead ores were found in the area, so a mine was established where prisoners of the Gulag worked.[3] The settlement was established in the first half of the 1930s, named after Alexander Ivanovich Varnek, a Russian explorer of the Arctic. Varnek was the last village in Nenets Autonomous Okrug to be able to get phone calls, being introduced in 2011.[4]
Climate
[edit | edit source]Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).
References
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- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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