Bystry (russian: Бы́стрый, lit. ''quick'') was an urban locality (a work settlement) in

Chaunsky District Chaunsky District (russian: Ча́унский райо́н; Chukchi: , ''Čaan rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #46-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located on the northern s ...

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

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, located northwest of Komsomolsky. The settlement was abandoned as a result of the extraction of gold no longer being economically viable and as of 2008 was in the process of being officially liquidated.

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.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''). 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. 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.

Transport

Bystry is connected to

Pevek Pevek (russian: Певе́к; Chukchi: , ''Pèèkin'' / ''Pèèk'') is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a pe ...

, 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: * Улица Горная (Ulitsa Gornaya, lit. ''Mountain Street'') * Улица Ивановская (Ulitsa Ivanovskaya) * Улица Комсомольская (Ulitsa

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

skaya, lit. ''Komsomol Street'') * Первый Микрорайон (Pervy Mikroraion, lit. ''First Microdistrict'') * Улица Советская (Ulitsa Sovetskaya, lit. ''Soviet Street'') * Улица Строительная (Ulitsa Stroitelnaya, lit. ''Construction Street'') * Улица Циолковского (Ulitsa Tsiolkovskogo) * Улица Шахтерская (Ulitsa Shakhtyorskaya, lit. ''Miners Street'') * Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. ''School Street'')

Climate

Bystry has a

Tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless moun ...

climate (''ET'')McKnightand Hess, pp.235–7 because the warmest month has an average temperature between and .

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External links

Bystry photo gallery
{{Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Urban-type settlements in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 1998 disestablishments in Russia