Pangody, Russia
Time and time zones
The duration of an earthly day is determined by the time it takes the Earth to rotate around its axis, and is 24 hours. Local solar time corresponds to the apparent position of the Sun and is constantly changing due to the rotation of the Earth. When moving from west to east at 15 ° longitude, local solar time increases by 1 hour.
IN Everyday life official local time which is different from the sun. The entire surface of the Earth is divided into time zones (in other terminology - time zones). Within the same time zone, the same time is used. The boundaries of time zones, as a rule, coincide with interstate or administrative boundaries. The time difference between adjacent time zones is usually one hour, although in some cases the time in adjacent time zones differs by two hours, 30 or 45 minutes.
In most countries of the world, the entire territory of the country is within the same time zone. The territory of countries stretching from west to east for a considerable distance, such as Russia, USA, Canada, Brazil and a number of others, is usually divided into several time zones. The exception is China, throughout which Peking time is used.
The reference point for determining the time zone offset in time is Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. UTC corresponds to mean solar time at the zero or Greenwich meridian. Time zone offsets from UTC range from UTC-12:00 to UTC+14:00.
Almost all countries in Europe and North America, as well as a number of other countries, set their clocks forward an hour in the spring, to summer time, and in autumn - an hour ago, on winter time. The offset of the respective time zones from UTC changes twice a year. In most countries of the world, the transition to summer and winter time is not practiced.
Yamal-Nenets autonomous region formed in 1930 and included in the Tyumen region of the Ural federal district. There are quite severe climatic conditions. It is divided into three lanes:
- arctic;
- subarctic;
- northern.
There are many swamps, bays, lakes and rivers on the territory, near the Kara Sea, the duration of winter is about 8 months. Summer is very short and may be accompanied by little snow cover. In winter, the degree column can drop to -55, and in summer it can rise to +30.
Administrative division and population
536,049 people live in the district (Rosstat data at the beginning of this year). The population here is quite diverse. Russians - about 62%, Nenets - about 6%, Khanty - 1.9% and other nationalities.
In District 55 municipalities. One of the settlements with a population of more than 5 thousand people is Pangody (Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).
The history of the settlement
Pangody is a relatively "young" settlement formed in 1971. Located on the banks of the river Pravaya Khetta.
In 1976, the village was officially registered with subordination to the Nadymsky district. This year the village council was formed, the borders were fixed.
The settlement and development of the settlement is associated with the opening and development of the first gas pipeline. Then the construction of the Nadym-Punga and Nadym-Center gas pipeline began. Active gas production made it possible already in 1979 to assign the status of "working" to the settlement.
Later were laid railways, in the village of Pangody, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region Medvezhye Airport operates, but carries out exclusively local transportation.
In 2008, a section of the Pangody - Pravokhettinsky highway was opened as part of the Surgut - Salekhard highway.
By the way, in 2005 the issue of granting the status of a city to the village was raised, but so far it is just a village with a population of 10,737 people (2017 statistics).
Climate picture
Despite possible sharp temperature fluctuations in the region, in Pangody of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug the weather is quite stable, the average annual temperature is -10 degrees. On average, in winter the temperature reaches -26 degrees, and in summer it very rarely rises above +20 degrees. In May, -2 can still be observed, and in October it is necessarily already zero temperature, and at night up to -5.
2016 disaster
Nevertheless, abnormal heat was observed in the YaNAO in 2016. During the day, the thermometer reached almost +38 degrees. Such an abnormally hot and dry year has not been observed since 1999. But even then, the temperature reached only +26 degrees and lasted only 7 days.
The heat wave of 2016 lasted more than a month. Even near the Kara Sea, on the shores, the temperature was +33. As a result, fires started. Acrid smoke covered the multitude settlements, including Pangody. As always, the local authorities distinguished themselves, instead of doing something so that the health of citizens was not affected, they simply removed street video cameras so that the information did not reach the capital of the country.
After a while the weather returned to normal. In the village of Pangody, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the normal temperature regime for this season was +5 ... +15 degrees.
Caring for the next generation
In the village of Pangody, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, there are currently 3 kindergartens. preschool named "Golden Cockerel" was founded in 1987 and can accommodate 256 children. Kindergarten"Ladushki", which opened its doors in 1985, can accommodate 80 children.
In September 2017, another institution called Mechta was opened. Educational institution built at the expense of Gazprom dobycha Nadym. This is a three-story building designed for 190 children aged 1 to 7 years. The main feature of "Dream" is the presence of a swimming pool, a winter garden and a caving chamber.
In January of this year, an expedition was organized along the Gydansky Peninsula and the Yamal Peninsula on dog sleds and snowmobiles. The first route, which runs along the Yamal Peninsula with stops: the village of Yangelny - the village of Pravokhettensky - the village of Pangody - the village of New Urengoy, designed to solve several problems:
- testing of equipment made for driving on snow;
- verification of fuel consumption and compliance with the manufacturer's data;
- promotion of winter tourism;
- development of sled dog breeding;
- checking equipment for the expedition;
- practicing skills, checking planned and actual data on speed and time.
Despite careful preparation, the expedition did not take place, it was not even possible to reach the village of Pangody in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This happened for a simple reason - the weather conditions turned out to be too severe, which the equipment could not even cope with. However, the participants clearly stated that the expedition is not closed, but only suspended for some time. The team is finalizing motorized towing vehicles in order to return to the route in the near future. Therefore, for now, you can forget about winter excursions to the Pangody of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
But this is only a single case when the expedition to the YaMAO was unsuccessful, so there is hope that soon there will be excursion routes for ordinary and unprepared for harsh conditions people.
What else to see
There is something to see here. After all, this is the fourth largest peninsula Russian Federation. From here you can bring a huge number of unique photos. Pangody of the Yamal-Nenets borders with the Nadym State nature reserve. And this is an opportunity to get acquainted with the tundra and forest-tundra. There are ash dunes rare for our region, although the territory is represented mainly by permafrost and swampy plains. Graylings, lenoks, burbots and sturgeons are found in rivers and lakes. In the tundra you can meet wolverines, wolves, lemmings, brown bears and, of course, reindeer.
In ancient times, knowing the exact time was not a daily need for a person. It was enough to determine the outcome of the day, and the position of the sun in the sky was considered the main criterion for this. The solar day begins at exactly noon, and this time is determined by the location of the shadows on sundial. Long years and for centuries this method was the main one and was used to count days. But the development of society and technological progress inexorably began to require accurate knowledge not only of days, but also of hours and minutes. After the sun, the hourglass appeared, and is now used to measure the exact minutes in medical procedures and laboratory research, as well as tower, desktop, wall, wrist.
The need for accurate time in modern life.
Why you need to know exact time? IN modern world without this, the whole way of life and mode of life would be violated, giving way to chaos and disorder. The transport system and industry would freeze, people would be late for educational establishments and to work. According to the schedule tied to the exact time, buses run, trains run and planes fly. Modern financial relationships, which include such a word as "delay", cannot exist separately from exact hours, minutes and seconds.
Time Zones
The territory of the earth is so vast that in one part the globe the sun is setting, and at the same time, in another place, people are waking up under the rays of a rising luminary. To organize geographic distances relative to the exact time, scientists came up with time zones. The surface of the earth is theoretically divided into 24 such zones: according to the number of hours in a day. The conditional band is approximately 15 °, and within this interval the time differs by an hour from the time of the neighboring ones, +/-. The countdown is from the Greenwich meridian and this time is called "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT). IN Lately began to use a more advanced reference system - coordinated universal time (UTC).
Current time online
In Soviet times in Russia, the time standard was the clock on the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. It was they who were verified for the accuracy of the course, and all the other watches of the country, from small to large, were equal to them. Today, the exact time with seconds can be found on specialized sites on the Internet, for which you just need to go to their pages. At the same time, the exact time will change online, and you can easily navigate by time zones to find out what time it is this moment in Los Angeles, Moscow or Yekaterinburg.