Krest-Khaldzhay


Krest-Khaldzhay is a rural locality, the administrative centre of and one of three settlements, in addition to Ary-Tolon and Udarnik, in Bayagantaysky Rural Okrug of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located from Khandyga, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 1,513. Fyodor Okhlopkov, a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 429 kills, was born in Krest-Khaldzhay.