Leninsky (; ) 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 1,866.
History It was founded in 1926 as a gold-mining base and was known as Nizhne-Stalinsk () until 1962. The name referred to Joseph Stalin, with the "Nizhne-" part meaning lower, to differentiate it from the now disappeared settlements of Sredne-Stalinsk and Verkhne-Stalinsk further upstream. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1932.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of LeninskyAccording to the 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, Leninsky is the administrative center of the Settlement of Leninsky. is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Yakokut), incorporated within Aldansky District as the Settlement of Leninsky. As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Leninsky and the Settlement of Lebediny are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as Leninsky Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III
Economy Gold mining in Leninsky stopped in 1998.
The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway passes nearby, as does the A360 Lena Highway to Yakutsk.
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Aldansky District .