Ayan, Russia

Ajan (Russian Аян ) is a village ( selo ) ( October 14, 2010 status ) in the Russian region of Khabarovsk on the coast of the Okhotsk Sea with 967 inhabitants.

History

The settlement Ajan was founded in 1843 by the Russian - American Company. From here, a road was built from 1844 to 1845 by the Dschugdschur Mountains to Yakutsk ( Amgino - Ajanski tract ), which should serve the freight transport from Yakutsk to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk by reindeer sled. 1846 was the place the status of a port. With the opening of the trade route, the local economy flourished.

During the Crimean War, which extended through the combatants Russia on the one side and England and allied on the other side, on the Pacific, of the then important port of Ayan was occupied by the English fleet on July 9, 1855. The port and place but had been abandoned shortly before by the public. The coastal battery was razed, buried the guns. The place was not destroyed. The mission of the English fleet was to destroy any existing Russian ships. Except for a small steam tug, however, found himself not a Russian vehicle. The tractor had been previously pulled ashore and should be buried. He was destroyed by the British troops by an explosion. At that time the port was used by the U.S. whaling fleet.

Already in 1867, however, the Amgino - Ajanski tract was no longer used, since other ways to Yakutsk passed. After the early 1880s by boat to Vladivostok was established, the road to Yakutsk was revived.

Demographics

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