Geography
Russkoye Ustye is located in the delta of the Indigirka River, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) from the fall of the main western channel of the Indigirka's delta into the East Siberian Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
The name of the village is probably based on the name of the river channel on which it is located, and which, too, has been known historically as the Russkoye Ustye. (These days the channel is also known under the name Russkoustyinskoye Protoka that is formed from the name of the village.)
The original channel name, Russkoye Ustye, can be loosely translated as "the westernmost arm", or the "westernmost river mouth". The noun ustye means "the river mouth", and the adjective Russkoye ("Russian") apparently refers to this channel's being the one located the farthest to the west (i.e., the one closest to Russia). Similarly, the easternmost channel of the delta has been known as the Kolymskoye Ustye, i.e. the river mouth closest to the Kolyma (the Indigirka's neighbor to the east).
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