Verkhnekolyma district
Administrative Center - Zyryanka
Established on April 30, 1954
Area - 67,800 km²
Torchbearers:
• Vitaliy Fillipov
Floating crane captain at Kolyma Shipping Company. Sports veteran, multiple champion and medalist in district and inter-district volleyball competitions
• Vladimir Dyachkov
Teacher at Arylakh Secondary Agricultural Profile School. Sports veteran and teacher trainer, with certificates of merit from Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Sports of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
• Zoya Dudina
Teacher at Zyryansk Secondary Comprehensive School. Sports veteran, winner of Verkhnekolymsky District Labor Collectives Tournament, medalist in Srednekolymsky District Veterans Tournament, Mancharary Games participant. Excellence in Education, recipient of badge "Honored Worker of Public Education of the Russian Federation" and awards for contributions to education in Srednekolymsky District, including a certificate of merit from Ministry of Sports of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
• Nikolay Syrovatskiy
Head of technical department at Kolyma Shipping Company. Activist, sports enthusiast, with a certificate of merit from Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) "For Merits in the Field of Social and Economic Development," award in culture and art "Pearl of Kolyma", and a letter of appreciation from Verkhnekolymsky district administration "For Active Contribution to the Development of Sports and Healthy Lifestyle"
• Tatyana Artyukhova
Deputy General Director of Kolyma Shipping Company. Activist, sports enthusiast, winner of Verkhnekolymsky District Labor Collectives Tournament, multiple champion of Verkhnekolymsky District in cross-country skiing. Council member of Verkhnekolymsky district
• Sergey Egorov
Entrepreneur, activist, and sports enthusiast. Winner of Verkhnekolymsky District Labor Collectives Tournament, multiple champion of Verkhnekolymsky District in cross-country skiing
• Sergey Larionov
Head of guard at Verkhnekolymsky garrison of State Fire Service of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Sports category 1 in freestyle wrestling, hapsagai wrestling, and volleyball. Mancharary Games 2021 participant, absolute winner in hapsagai wrestling at Tournament of housing and communal services workers 2023 of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), 2nd place in Arctic Cup 2022 in volleyball
• Mikhail Ayanitov
Head of Healthy Lifestyle Center of Verkhnekolymsky district. Master of Sports of Russia in freestyle wrestling, champion and medalist of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), winner of 16th All-Russian Tournament "Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) Wrestling Mat" (Tynda 2001), and 1st place at Russian Youth Championship (Rostov-on-Don 2000)
• Oleg Stepanenko
11th grade student at Zyryansky Secondary Comprehensive School. Team sports activist, winner of district tournaments in volleyball, basketball, and mini-football
• Denis Barkov
Head of Verkhnekolymsky District.