Bystry
Быстрый
Work settlement[1]
(abolished)
Location of Bystry
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Bystry is located in Russia
Bystry
Bystry
Location of Bystry
Bystry is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Bystry
Bystry
Bystry (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 69°10′22″N 172°22′02″E / 69.17278°N 172.36722°E / 69.17278; 172.36722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative districtChaunsky District
Abolished1998[2]
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 Edit this on Wikidata[3])
Postal code(s)[4]
689400
OKTMO ID77705000058

Bystry (Russian: Бы́стрый, lit. quick) was an urban locality (a work settlement) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located northwest of Komsomolsky. The settlement was abandoned as a result of the extraction of gold no longer being economically viable[5] and as of 2008 was in the process of being officially liquidated.[6]

History

The mines were declared unprofitable and that there was no possibility of developing any other form of economy in 1999 and the settlement was closed along with a number of others in Chukotka.[2] The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Bystry from Chukotka to other parts of Russia.[2] The Ministry of railways was obliged to lease containers for the transportation of the migrants' goods to the Chukotkan administration and ensure that they were delivered to the various settlements.[2]

Transport

Bystry is connected to Pevek, Komsomolsky, Krasnoarmeysky by a road network, one of the more developed in Chukotka, but it is not connected to any other part of the district or Chukotka by permanent road. There is however, a network of roads within the settlement including:[7]

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References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. ^ a b c d Постановление Правительства РФ от 2 февраля 1998 г. N 128 О мерах социальной защиты населения ликвидируемых поселков золотодобытчиков в Чукотском автономном округe (Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug).
  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. ^ Dead Cities.ru – Bystry Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  6. ^ Law #33 – Article 14.2
  7. ^ Bystry – Chaunsky District Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company

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Administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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