Dalny, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Explained

En Name:Dalny
Ru Name:Дальний
Map Label Position:right
Coordinates:67.5775°N 160.7725°W
Federal Subject:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Bilibinsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban type settlement
Inhabloc Type:Work settlement
Pop Latest:0
Pop Latest Date:April 2012
Pop Latest Ref:[2]
Abolished Date:1998
Postal Codes:689450

Dalny (Russian: Да́льний , 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Transport

Dalny is not connected to any other inhabited location by permanent road except the now abandoned settlement of Devichiy.[7] However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[8]

Climate

Dalny has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. Micon International, p.1
  3. Web site: Dead Cities.ru – Dalny . 2010-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305113535/http://www.dead-cities.ru/city/Dalniy . 2010-03-05 . dead .
  4. http://base.garant.ru/177401/ Постановление Правительства РФ от 2 февраля 1998 г. N 128 О мерах социальной защиты населения ликвидируемых поселков золотодобытчиков в Чукотском автономном округe
  5. Bema Gold Corporation, p.89
  6. http://www.meteorites.ru/menu/encyclopaedia/hotinok2.html Лаборатория метеоритики
  7. http://download.maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/q-57_58.jpg Map Q-57-58
  8. http://www.pochtovik.su/rosindex/87/87003000010s.htm Dalny – Bilibinsky District
  9. McKnight and Hess, pp.232–5