{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Provideniya |ru_name=Провидения |other_name=Гуврэл |other_lang=Chukchi |image_skyline=Provideniya from sea.jpg |image_caption=View of Provideniya from Komsomolskaya Bay |coordinates = {{coord|64|25|N|173|15|W|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=bottom |image_flag= |flag_caption= |image_coa= |coa_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= <!----ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS----> |federal_subject=Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="ChukotkaAO_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Providensky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="ChukotkaAO_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of=Providensky District |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="ChukotkaAO_admlist" /> |inhabloc_cat=Urban-type settlement |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="ChukotkaAO_admlist" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= <!----MUNICIPAL STATUS----> |mun_district_jur=Providensky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref366" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Provideniya Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref366" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Providensky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref366" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Provideniya Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Ref366" /> |leader_title=Head |leader_title_ref=<ref name="DOffSite" /> |leader_name=Dmitry Olkhovik |leader_name_ref=<ref name="DOffSite" /> |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= <!----STATISTICS----> |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=1970 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_latest=2082 |pop_latest_date=January 2016 |pop_latest_ref=<ref name="2016Est">Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. [http://chukotstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chukotstat/resources/c673f0004d0b2f9ba26ef74fc772e0bb/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2016+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.xlsx Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816064958/http://chukotstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chukotstat/resources/c673f0004d0b2f9ba26ef74fc772e0bb/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2016+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.xlsx |date=August 16, 2016 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> <!----HISTORY----> |established_date=May 10, 1946 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="DOffSite" /> |current_cat_date=April 25, 1957 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="DOffSite" /> <!----MISCELLANEA----> |postal_codes=689251 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= |website_ref= }} '''Provideniya''' ({{lang-rus|Провиде́ния|p=prəvʲɪˈdʲenʲɪjə}}; Chukchi: {{lang|ckt|Гуврэл}} {{Transliteration|ckt|Guvrel}}) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Komsomolskaya Bay (a part of Providence Bay) in the northeastern part of the autonomous okrug, across the Bering Strait from Alaska, and very close to the International Date Line. The population has declined in recent decades: {{ru-census|p1989=5,432|p2002=2,723|p2010=1,970}}
==Geography== Provideniya is a former Soviet military port, sited on a fjord sheltered from the Bering Sea. The largest inhabited locality east of Anadyr, it was established as a port to serve the eastern end of the Northern Sea Route.<ref name="DOffSite">Official website of Providensky District. [http://www.provadm.ru/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F#1 Urban and Rural Settlements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517162838/http://www.provadm.ru/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F |date=May 17, 2014 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> The port is found in Komsomolskaya Bay (named after the Soviet Komsomol youth organization), a part of the much larger Provideniya Bay, providing a suitable deep water harbor for Russian ships, close to the southern limits of the winter ice fields. Lake Istikhed is located south of Provideniya airfield, on the eastern side of the bay.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref>
==History== left|thumb|Provideniya, Provideniya Bay, and surrounding area
After discovery in 1660 of Providence Bay by the Russian expedition led by Kurbata Ivanov, the surrounding waters became a regular site for wintering fishing, whaling, and merchant ships. In the early 20th century, with the beginning of the development of the Northern Sea Route along the coast of the bay, a coal depot was constructed for refueling ships heading west back across the Arctic and in 1933 the first buildings of the future seaport were constructed in what would later become the settlement of Provideniya ({{lit.}} "of Providence").<ref name="DOffSite" /> In 1937, with the arrival of a convoy with building materials for the construction company ''Providenstroy'', active construction of the port and the settlement began.<ref name="DOffSite" /> On May 10, 1946, the settlement of Provideniya was officially established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR.<ref name="DOffSite" /> The settlement continued to grow quickly and military units began to be deployed here.<ref name="DOffSite" /> On April 25, 1957, it was granted work settlement status.<ref name="DOffSite" /> In 1975, it was planned to grow the settlement into a town with a population of twelve thousand and to rename it "Dezhnyov".{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} However, social and economic upheavals in the post-Soviet period left these plans unfulfilled and in the period from 1994 to 2002 no construction was undertaken at all.<ref name="DOffSite" />
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Provideniya serves as the administrative center of Providensky District, to which it is directly subordinated.<ref name="ChukotkaAO_admlist">Directive #517-rp</ref> As a municipal division, the urban-type settlement of Provideniya is incorporated within Providensky Municipal District as Provideniya Urban Settlement.<ref name="Ref366">Law #45-OZ</ref>
==Economy and infrastructure== There is a technical school, one functioning movie theater, a post office, a museum of Chukotka history and culture, one of the only two ski slopes in Chukotka, a bakery complex, and port facilities. thumb|Local museum
==Transport== The settlement is served by the Provideniya Bay Airport, the closest Russian airport to the United States.
Provideniya is sometimes referred to as the ''Doorway to the Arctic'', and since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, tourism from nearby Alaska has given the local economy a significant boost. Bering Air, an Alaskan airline, offers charter services to the Provideniya Bay Airport from both Nome and Anchorage. Alaska Airlines made a Friendship Flight to Provideniya in July 1988. Chukotavia provides flights to Anadyr. thumb|Seaport facilities in Provideniya
High-sprung transports connect the settlement's concrete slabbed main street with outlying destinations along the fjord and coast.
==Demographics== A significant proportion of the settlement's current residents are Yupik, reflecting the high percentage of indigenous peoples in both Providensky and Chukotsky Districts. The settlement and the surrounding area struggle from alcoholism (which is especially high in indigenous areas), causing a high death rate, a low birth rate, and the population decline since 1990.
==Climate== Provideniya has a dry-summer polar climate (Köppen ''ETs''), although winters are not as severe due to the coastal location and colorful flowers help bring the tundra to life during the summer. Winter temperatures are significantly higher than at other places within Chukotka such as Uelen and Ushakovskoye, because it is a more southerly settlement with greater maritime influence from the Bering Sea, as is the case with nearby Nome in the US, which has similar winter conditions. Summers are generally cool and the settlement receives heavy rainfall, especially when low pressure systems move northwards from the Pacific Ocean.
{{Weather box |location=Provideniya |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=7.1 |Feb record high C=5.1 |Mar record high C=3.7 |Apr record high C=6.6 |May record high C=15.2 |Jun record high C=26.2 |Jul record high C=25.3 |Aug record high C=22.8 |Sep record high C=19.1 |Oct record high C = 12.0 |Nov record high C = 7.5 |Dec record high C = 6.1 |year record high C = |Jan avg record high C = -0.5 |Feb avg record high C = -1.3 |Mar avg record high C = -0.2 |Apr avg record high C = 2.5 |May avg record high C = 9.1 |Jun avg record high C = 16.7 |Jul avg record high C = 19.6 |Aug avg record high C = 17.4 |Sep avg record high C = 12.5 |Oct avg record high C = 6.2 |Nov avg record high C = 3.1 |Dec avg record high C = 0.8 |year avg record high C = 20.2 |Jan high C = −12.0 |Feb high C = −11.5 |Mar high C = −9.3 |Apr high C = −4.5 |May high C = 2.6 |Jun high C = 9.0 |Jul high C = 12.4 |Aug high C = 11.6 |Sep high C = 7.5 |Oct high C = 1.1 |Nov high C = −4.3 |Dec high C = −9.5 |year high C = |Jan mean C = −15.1 |Feb mean C = −14.7 |Mar mean C = −13.0 |Apr mean C = −8.0 |May mean C = 0.0 |Jun mean C = 5.8 |Jul mean C = 9.3 |Aug mean C = 8.9 |Sep mean C = 5.1 |Oct mean C = -1.0 |Nov mean C = −6.8 |Dec mean C = −12.3 |year mean C = −3.8 |Jan low C = −18.2 |Feb low C = −17.9 |Mar low C = −16.6 |Apr low C = −11.4 |May low C = −2.6 |Jun low C = 2.5 |Jul low C = 6.2 |Aug low C = 6.3 |Sep low C = 2.4 |Oct low C = −3.2 |Nov low C = −9.3 |Dec low C = −15.1 |year low C = |Jan avg record low C = -29.1 |Feb avg record low C = -29.7 |Mar avg record low C = -27 |Apr avg record low C = -22.2 |May avg record low C = -11.1 |Jun avg record low C = -1.7 |Jul avg record low C = 2.6 |Aug avg record low C = 2.2 |Sep avg record low C = -3.2 |Oct avg record low C = -10.6 |Nov avg record low C = -19.9 |Dec avg record low C = -25.8 |year avg record low C = -31.8 |Jan record low C = −39.7 |Feb record low C = −43.2 |Mar record low C = −38.7 |Apr record low C = −36.5 |May record low C = −22 |Jun record low C = −7 |Jul record low C = -0.4 |Aug record low C = -3.6 |Sep record low C = −9.4 |Oct record low C = −18.6 |Nov record low C = −28.7 |Dec record low C = −35.4 |year record low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 57.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 48.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 38.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 37.2 |May precipitation mm = 33.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 28.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 49.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 75.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 64.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 77.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 89.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 52.5 |year precipitation mm = 651.7 |Jan precipitation days = 7.3 |Feb precipitation days = 8.5 |Mar precipitation days = 6.7 |Apr precipitation days = 7.2 |May precipitation days = 6.3 |Jun precipitation days = 4.9 |Jul precipitation days = 6.5 |Aug precipitation days = 10.9 |Sep precipitation days = 8.3 |Oct precipitation days = 8.8 |Nov precipitation days = 9.5 |Dec precipitation days = 8.7 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan sun = 12.4 |Feb sun = 84.7 |Mar sun = 173.6 |Apr sun = 204.0 |May sun = 189.1 |Jun sun = 216.0 |Jul sun = 182.9 |Aug sun = 130.2 |Sep sun = 114.0 |Oct sun = 71.3 |Nov sun = 27.0 |Dec sun = 3.1 |source 1= Météo climat stats<ref>{{cite web |url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1981-2010-2-p239.php|title=Moyennes 1981–2010 Russie (Asie)|language=fr|access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref> |source 2= Météo Climat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=1659|title=Météo Climat stats for Butha Providenja |publisher=Météo Climat|access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref> }}
==Religion== thumb|Russian Orthodox church building in Provideniya
An evangelical church run by the local Moldovan community and missionaries is located in Provideniya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mnnonline.org/news/bringing-light-dark-corner-russia/|title = Bringing light to a dark corner of Russia}}</ref> A Russian Orthodox church also operates.
==See also== *List of inhabited localities in Providensky District
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|chu|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|chu|mun|list|providensky}}
==External links== *[http://foto.chukotken.ru/categories.php?cat_id=7 Provideniya photo gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001080127/http://foto.chukotken.ru/categories.php?cat_id=7 |date=October 1, 2020 }} *[http://foto.chukotken.ru/categories.php?cat_id=80 Panoramas of Provideniya] *[http://forum.chukotken.ru/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=sc&cat=85 More photos of Provideniya]
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Category:Urban-type settlements in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Category:Providensky District Category:Ports and harbours of the Russian Pacific Coast Category:Populated places established in 1946 Category:1946 establishments in the Soviet Union Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Russia