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Salekhard
Salekhard is an administrative center of Yamalia. It is the only city in the world that is located right on the Polar circle.
History
A settlement of Obdorsk (Обдорск) was founded in 1595 in the place of a khant settlement Polnovat-Vozh (Полноват-вож) by Russian settlers that followed the conquering of Siberia by Yermak Timofeyevich. It was situated by the Ob River, and its name supposedly derives from that.
The land around Obdorsk was referred to as Obdorski krai, or Obdoria in the full address of Russian tsars.
On December 10, 1930, it became a capital of the new Yamal (Nenets) National Okrug (Ямальский (Ненецкий) национальный округ).
It was renamed into Salekhard settlement in 1933 and declared city in 1938.
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