Bystry
Быстрый | |
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Work settlement[1] (abolished) | |
Coordinates: 69°10′22″N 172°22′02″E / 69.17278°N 172.36722°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1] |
Administrative district | Chaunsky District |
Abolished | 1998[2] |
Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9 [3]) |
Postal code(s)[4] | 689400 |
OKTMO ID | 77705000058 |
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]
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]
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]