Vstrechny () is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located about ENE of Bilibino. Population: 13 (2002 Census), The 2002, census data shows the population to consist of 12 males and 1 female, though this had fallen to only 7 by 2005, according to an environmental impact report prepared on the Kupol mining project.
History
Soviet period The settlement, located on the right hand bank of the Emmynveyem River, was originally created like many throughout this part of Chukotka following the establishment of a mine nearby (Initially called Vstrechny itself) in 1961, to extract gold from the Emmynveyem to house the workers. Two years later however, the mine's name was changed to "45 Years of the Komsomol" (). In 1965, the settlement received the status of urban-type settlement.
Post-Soviet period When the mines were deemed to be uneconomic, the settlement was abandoned and mostly depopulated by 1996.Vstrechny at dead-cities.ru In 2004, a road was completed linking the settlement with the regional centre, giving hope that the settlement can continue. However, as of 2009, Vstrechny is included in the list of settlements currently in the process of being liquidated.Law #33, Article 14.2
Population 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 Baranikha 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. The population table below shows the impact on the settlement as a result of the closure of the mines.
Demographic Evolution 1970 1979 1989 2002 2005 1819Перепись населения СССР 1970 года 1970 census of the Soviet Union 1572Перепись населения СССР 1979 года 1979 census of the Soviet Union 1641 Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения РСФСР, ее территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу All-Union census, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in the federal districts, towns, rural settlements and regional centres with a population of more than 3,000. 13Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек 7
Transport Vstrechny is linked to Bilibino and Keperveyem by a small road network that also links the now abandoned settlements of Bezmyanniy and Karalvaam.Map r-57-58 at Vlasenko.net There is also a small network of roads within the settlement including:Vstrechny - Bilibinsky District at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
Улица Коммунальная (Ulitsa Kommumalnaya, lit. Communal Street) Улица Космонавтов (Ulitsa Kosmonavtov, lit. Cosmonaut Street) Улица Ленина (Ulitsa Lenina, lit. Lenin Street) Улица Мира (Ulitsa Mira, lit. World Street) Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street) Улица Юбилейная (Ulitsa Yubileinaya, lit. Jubilee Street)
Climate Vstrechny has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).McKnight and Hess, pp.232-5
See also List of inhabited localities in Bilibinsky District
References
Notes
Sources Bema Gold Corporation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia June 2005.