Krest-Khaldzhay

Krest-Khaldzhay (Russian: Крест-Хальджай; Yakut: Кириэс-Халдьаайы, romanized: Kiries Xalcaayı) is a rural locality (a selo), the administrative centre of and one of three settlements, in addition to Ary-Tolon and Udarnik, in Bayagantaysky Rural Okrug of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 90 kilometers (56 mi) from Khandyga, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 1,513.^[1] On 6 July 2022, a record high temperature of 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) was recorded.^[5]

Krest-Khaldzhay Крест-Хальджай
Selo[1]
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Coordinates: 62°48′27″N 134°32′28″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Tomponsky District[1]
Rural okrug	Bayagantaysky Rural Okrug[1]
Population
• Estimate  (2002)[1]	1,513
Administrative status
• Capital of	Bayagantaysky Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Tomponsky Municipal District[2]
• Rural settlement	Bayagantaysky Rural Settlement[2]
• Capital of	Bayagantaysky Rural Settlement[2]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [3])
Postal code(s)[4]	678724
OKTMO ID	98650405101

Climate

Climate data for Krest-Khaldzhay
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Source: World Weather Online

Notable residents

• Fyodor Okhlopkov - a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 429 kills.^[6]