Anadyr

Introduction

Anadyr is a city in Far Eastern Russia in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the extreme northeast of Russia. The city has about 10,000 inhabitants.

Weather

Anadyr has a subarctic climate with cold winters and cool summers. Average highs are just around 15 °C in July, although 30 °C has been recorded. From November to April, Anadyr is a deepfreeze with temperatures at night averaging -17 °C to -25 °C, though with an absolute low of -47 °C! Average precipitation is just around 350mm a year, quite evenly distributed throughout the year. April to June and October are the driest months. Snow is common in winter.

Getting There

By Plane

Ugolny Airport (DYR) is about 11 kilometres from Anadyr and has flights to/from Moscow, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Magadan, Nome and Anchorage.

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

External Links

• Official Website