What is "kerdyom"

Kerdyom is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Zhemkonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Khangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Pokrovsk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,015; up from 867 recorded in the 2002 Census.