Kharp

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Kharp is a remote settlement in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, known for hosting the high-security IK-3 “Polar Wolf” penal colony.

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Surface form Occurrences
IK-3 "Polar Wolf" 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in Russia
penal colony
urban-type settlement
climate subarctic climate
country Russia
Russia
distanceTo approximately 60 km from Salekhard
economicActivity public sector and penal system–related employment
ethnicContext located within traditional territories of Indigenous peoples of the North (including Nenets)
hasFacility IK-3 "Polar Wolf" penal colony NERFINISHED
knownFor harsh climate
harsh detention conditions
housing high-profile prisoners
presence of high-security penal colony IK-3 "Polar Wolf"
remoteness
languageUsed Russian
locatedIn Kharp NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Priuralsky District NERFINISHED
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug NERFINISHED
locatedInOrNear Polar Ural Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Asia
Europe
locatedOnRiver Sob River NERFINISHED
operatedBy Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia NERFINISHED
partOf Ural Federal District NERFINISHED
penalSystemJurisdiction Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia NERFINISHED
populationCharacteristic small population
railwayLine Severnyy Zavoz / Northern Railway branches in Yamalo-Nenets NERFINISHED
regionType Arctic and subarctic region
roadAccess limited road access, primarily winter roads and local routes
securityClassification high-security
timeZone UTC+5
transportConnection served by Kharp railway station

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