Leskino is a polar station and the northernmost inhabited locality on the Gydan Peninsula on the coast of the Ovtsyn Strait of the Kara Sea in the Yenisei Delta. It was founded in 1934. It carries out observations in the water area of the Yenisei Gulf .
| Arctic polar station | |
| Leskino | |
|---|---|
| Status | Closed |
| A country | Russia |
| Established | 1934 |
| closing date | 1990s |
| Coordinates | |
Refers to the Taimyr district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory . The administrative border with the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug passes 35 km from Leskino.
The main message is by water and by air. A winter road has also been laid connecting Leskino with Gyda , Antipyata and Napalkovo .
History
The station was built in the autumn of 1934. According to Natalia Emelchenko, the indigenous inhabitants of the tundra still keep the memory of two German prisoners, a soldier and corporal, who were exiled to this village, which became their last home.
In 1979, only 7 people wintered here. The team, led by an experienced polar explorer Tesley, performed a large amount of information gathering work. Of particular importance these data were for skippers working at the mouth of the Yenisei.
By the mid-nineties, the station ceased to function, although outwardly its structures looked good, and began to be used as a winter house; the surrounding territory became part of the Gydan reserve.
In 2005, in the Leskino area, locals found the perfectly preserved mammoth skeleton, restored by a group of paleontologists from the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology under the guidance of biologist Pavel Kosintsev.