Bystry, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Place in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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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]
Bystry
Быстрый | |
|---|---|
Work settlement[1] (abolished) | |
 Interactive map of Bystry | |
  Bystry Location of Bystry  Bystry Bystry (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | |
| Coordinates: 69°10′22″N 172°22′02″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Administrative district | Chaunsky District |
| Abolished | 1998[2] |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2015) | 0 ) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9  [3]) |
| Postal code[4] | 689400 |
| OKTMO ID | 77705000058 |
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]
- Улица Горная (Ulitsa Gornaya, lit. Mountain Street)
- Улица Ивановская (Ulitsa Ivanovskaya)
- Улица Комсомольская (Ulitsa Komsomolskaya, 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)