Shift settlement

Construction of a shift settlement for the Amur gas processing plant [ru]

A shift settlement, shift town, etc. (вахтовый посёлок, вахтовый городок) is the category of urban-type inhabited localities in Russia (and in some other post-Soviet states, e.g., Ukraine[1]), originated in the Soviet Union for short-term accommodation of workers who work in shifts ("fly-in fly-out") at sites in remote areas, e.g., for mining, fishing, road construction, etc. They are also used for the maintenance of vehicles and fuel storage. They differ from another type of settlements, "workers' settlement", in that the latter ones are for permanent residence. Over time, shift settlements may be abandoned (when the mineral resource is exhausted, construction works finished, etc.) or converted into worker's settlements.[2]

According to the Labor Code of Russia [ru], shift settlements must have all amenities present it regular settlements: electricity, water and heat supply, post office, medical and recreational facilities, etc.[3]

Housing in these settlement may be (semi)-permanent or temporary: portable cabins, construction trailers, KUNGs, etc.

As of 2020, the legal status of shift settlements has been undetermined, which creates issues, e.g., during major emergencies.[4]

Major, modernized, shift settlements include Bovanenkovo by the Bovanenkovo gas field, Sabetta, Novozapolyarny [ru] (Yamal), Купол, Первомайский (Chukotka) and Varandey [ru] (Nenets Autonomous Okrug).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Наказ Міністерства екології та природних ресурсів України «Про затвердження Положення про вахтовий метод організації робіт на підприємствах, в установах і організаціях, що належать до сфери управління Державного агентства України з управління зоною відчуж від 24 липня 2017 р. № 275
    • Quote: "вахтові селища - польові селища, поселення, а також інші спеціально обладнані під житло приміщення, де проживає вахтовий персонал в період перебування на об’єкті або території "
  2. ^ ЧЕМ ОТЛИЧАЮТСЯ ПОНЯТИЯ «РАБОЧИЙ ПОСЕЛОК» И «ВАХТОВЫЙ ПОСЕЛОК»?
  3. ^ "Трудовой кодекс Российской Федерации" от 30.12.2001 N 197-ФЗ (ред. от 07.04.2025) 2001 Labor Code of Russia, amended in 2025
  4. ^ a b Pyotr Gogolev (Петр Гоголев), Статус вахтовых поселков надо закреплять законодательно, November 6, 2020

Further reading

  • R Kh Ishmametov, The model of formation of the spatial organization of shift settlements 2021, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1926/1/012036
  • V N Leksin, New Otkhodnichestvo and Shift Labor Organization in the Depopulation and Settlement of Territories, 2022

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