Dalny (, lit. remote or far) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located west of Bilibino.
History The settlement was abandoned as a result of the extraction of gold no longer being economically viable. 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 Dalny 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. Despite the mines closing, the Kupol Gold Project environmental impact assessment, still recorded three people remaining in the settlement as of 2005.Bema Gold Corporation, p.89 However, as of 2008 is in the process of being officially liquidated, and a report on the Klen gold deposit for Highland Gold Mining Ltd reported the settlement as being deserted.
In 1981, one of the world's largest iron meteorites, named "Bilibino", was discovered near the settlement.Лаборатория метеоритики Meteorites Laboratory, meteorites.ru
Transport Dalny is not connected to any other inhabited location by permanent road except the now abandoned settlement of Devichiy.Map Q-57-58 at Vlasenko.net However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:Dalny – Bilibinsky District at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
Улица Горняков (Ulitsa Gornyakov, lit. Miners' Street) Улица Зеленая (Ulitsa Zelenaya, lit. Green Street) Улица Набережная (Ulitsa Naberezhnaya, lit. Quay Street) Улица Речной (Ulitsa Rechnoi, lit. River Street) Улица Тополевая (Ulitsa Topolevaya, lit. Emperor Street) Улица Транспортная (Ulitsa Transportnaya, lit. Transport Street) Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)
Climate Dalny 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.
Anonymous, Excerpt from report Audit review of the Klen Gold Deposit, Chukotka Autonomous Region, Russia. (2012), Micon International Co. Ltd.
External links Photo gallery of Dalny Short film of Dalny from the air Short film about the school in Dalny Short film of mining activities in Dalny