Kolchak Island [1] , Kolchak Island [2] (from 1937 to 2005 - Rastorguev Island ) is an uninhabited island in the Taimyr Bay of the Kara Sea off the coast of the Taimyr Peninsula north of the Letchik Peninsula and Seeberg Bay . Separated from the mainland by the Rastorguev Strait .
| Kolchak Island | |
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| Highest point | 50 m |
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The island is about 20 km long and up to 6 km wide. The highest point is 50 m.
History
It was discovered in 1901 by the Russian polar expedition of the Imperial Academy of Sciences under the leadership of Baron E.V. Toll . By decision of Toll, the northern tip of the island was named “Cape Kolchak” in honor of the hydrograph of the expedition of Lieutenant Alexander Vasilievich Kolchak . A little later, the whole island received the name Kolchak, and the cape was renamed in honor of a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, poet Konstantin Konstantinovich Sluchevsky (1873-1905).
The Rastorguev Strait was mapped at the same time as Kolchak Island and was named after Stepan Rastorguev , the officer of the Yakut Cossack Regiment , who also participated in Toll’s expedition.
Under the name of Kolchak, the island also appeared on Soviet maps until 1939, when for political reasons it was named Rastorguev [3] . This renaming led to the simultaneous existence of two Rastorguev islands at once, which often caused confusion. The second island still bearing this name is located at the exit of the Pyasinsky Gulf and is part of the Stone Islands (see Rastorgueva Island ).
The original name of the island, named after the merits of Alexander Vasilyevich as a scientist, was returned by Decree of the Government of Russia No. 433 of July 15, 2005 [4] . In 2004, the decision to return the island to its original name was adopted by the Taimyr Regional Duma at the request of the Russian Geographical Society. In 2005, the renaming of the island was approved by a decree of the Government of Russia, adopted on the initiative of public organizations, subsequently supported by the Duma of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug - despite opposition from the Krasnoyarsk regional Communist deputies [5] . However, an inaccuracy was made, and the island of Kolchak became known as the island of Kolchak [6] .
On September 1, 2009, a memorial sign was erected in honor of A.V. Kolchak at Cape Sluchevsky as part of the work of the Arctic Complex Expedition and the Polar Research Fund. [7]
Notes
- ↑ Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 15, 2005 N 433 On the renaming of a geographical object in the Kara Sea
- ↑ Kruchinin A.S. Admiral Kolchak: life, feat, memory / Andrei Kruchinin. - M .: AST: Astrel: Polygraphizdat, 2010. - 538, [6] p .: ill. ISBN 978-5-17-063753-9 (AST), ISBN 978-5-271-26057-5 (Astrel), ISBN 978-5-4215-0191-6 (Polygraph Publishing House), p. 23
- ↑ Plotnikov I.F. Alexander Vasilievich Kolchak. Life and activity. Rostov N / A: Phoenix Publishing House, 1998. - 320 p., P. 38
- ↑ Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 15, 2005 No. 433 “On renaming a geographical object in the Kara Sea”
- ↑ V. G. Handorin Admiral Kolchak: truth and myths. Introduction
- ↑ Map of 1908 . Kolchak Island. Date of treatment June 25, 2011. Archived March 18, 2012.
- ↑ On the cape of Sluchevsky, Arctic explorers are met by Kolchak (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 28, 2012. Archived October 11, 2011.
Links
- Kolchak Island - A site dedicated to the island and everything connected with it.
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 15, 2005 No. 433 On the renaming of a geographical object in the Kara Sea // Russian newspaper. - 2005. - July 20.
- The official publication in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" dated July 20, 2005 on the return of the island to its original name
- Marine Ice Automobile Expedition, one of the last to pass by the island, spring 2008
- "Admiral Kolchak and his island" article in the magazine "Around the World"
- Installation of a commemorative sign on Kolchak Island in the Kara Sea - Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences P.P. Shirshova