Bystry (, 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 viableDead Cities.ru – Bystry and as of 2008 was in the process of being officially liquidated.Law #33 – Article 14.2
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, 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:Bystry – Chaunsky District Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
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)
See also List of inhabited localities in Chaunsky District
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External links Bystry photo gallery