Yuzhny, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Explained

En Name:Yuzhny
Ru Name:Южный
Map Label Position:right
Coordinates:69.4339°N 171.9531°W
Federal Subject:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Chaunsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Inhabited locality
Inhabloc Type:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Chaunsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Inter Settlement Territory:yes
Abolished Date:1998

Yuzhny (Russian: Ю́жный) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, situated southeast of Chaunskaya Bay, about 70km (40miles) south of Pevek, the administrative center of the district. Though the settlement is abandoned, the mining company "Chukotka" still works in the area.[3] As of 2011 Yuzhny was included in the list of settlements to be liquidated.[4]

History

Yuzhny was the first of the gold mines to be opened in Chukotka in 1950,[5] by a group of geologists.[6] Having started out as a normal business employing prospectors, the mines became part of Chaunchukotlag, the local division of the gulag system.

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.[7] The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Yuzhny 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Directive #517-rp
  2. Law #46
  3. http://nedradv.ru/blank/?open=%2Fnews%2Fnews_objinfo.cfm%3Fid_obj%3Defa8d8d29ff8f3ea0abca440791e6e42 Региональный портал Дальний Восток
  4. Law #33, Article 14.2
  5. Dead-cities.ru. Yuzhny
  6. http://academnet.neisri.ru/academnet/infocentr/region/chemodanov.html Чемоданов Н.И. В двух шагах от Северного полюса. Записки геолога.
  7. 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