Lebediny (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Aldan, the administrative center of the district.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,058.
Etymology "Lebediny" is a Russian adjective literally meaning swan-like or of the swan; the name is said to refer to a local legend that swans rested here while migrating south for the winter.
History It was founded in 1927 in connection to development of local gold deposits, with the Lebediny gold mine beginning operation in 1933. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1967.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of LebedinyAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Lebediny is the administrative center of the Settlement of Lebediny. is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Orochen 1-y), incorporated within Aldansky District as the Settlement of Lebediny. As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Lebediny and the Settlement of Leninsky are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as Leninsky Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III
Economy Like nearby Yakokut and Leninsky, Lebediny is a gold-mining settlement. The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway also passes adjacent to the settlement, which is serviced by Kosarevsky railway station.
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Aldansky District .
External links Official website of Leninsky Urban Settlement