Bystry, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

For other uses, see Bystry.
Bystry (English)
Быстрый (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[1]
(abolished)

Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Bystry
Location of Bystry in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 69°10′22″N 172°22′02″E / 69.17278°N 172.36722°E / 69.17278; 172.36722Coordinates: 69°10′22″N 172°22′02″E / 69.17278°N 172.36722°E / 69.17278; 172.36722
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district Chaunsky District
Statistics
Time zone PETT (UTC+12:00)[2]
Abolished 1998[3]
Postal code(s)[4] 689400

Bystry (Russian: Бы́стрый, lit. quick) is 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 viable[5] and as of 2008 was in the process of being officially liquidated.[6]

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.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

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:[7]

Climate

Bystry has a Tundra climate (ET)[8] because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 °C (32 °F) and 10 °C (50 °F).

Climate data for Bystry
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 2
(36)		 0
(32)		 34.9
(94.8)		 10
(50)		 16.2
(61.2)		 28
(82)		 30
(86)		 26.1
(79)		 22
(72)		 5
(41)		 2
(36)		 −2.8
(27)		 34.9
(94.8)
Average high °C (°F) −18.3
(−0.9)		 −20.4
(−4.7)		 −19.9
(−3.8)		 −13.7
(7.3)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 6.7
(44.1)		 9.6
(49.3)		 7.8
(46)		 2.4
(36.3)		 −6.9
(19.6)		 −16.7
(1.9)		 −19.6
(−3.3)		 −7.6
(18.3)
Average low °C (°F) −23.4
(−10.1)		 −26.2
(−15.2)		 −25.6
(−14.1)		 −19.2
(−2.6)		 −6.7
(19.9)		 2.1
(35.8)		 5.1
(41.2)		 4.1
(39.4)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 −9.7
(14.5)		 −19.6
(−3.3)		 −22.1
(−7.8)		 −11.8
(10.8)
Record low °C (°F) −51
(−60)		 −56
(−69)		 −46.4
(−51.5)		 −41.1
(−42)		 −30
(−22)		 −9.7
(14.5)		 −0.7
(30.7)		 −3.2
(26.2)		 −18
(0)		 −33
(−27)		 −44.5
(−48.1)		 −47
(−53)		 −56
(−69)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 9
(0.35)		 6
(0.24)		 3
(0.12)		 3
(0.12)		 6
(0.24)		 6
(0.24)		 21
(0.83)		 12
(0.47)		 9
(0.35)		 6
(0.24)		 6
(0.24)		 9
(0.35)		 96
(3.78)
Average snowy days 14 10 8 9 7 2 0 1 9 14 12 12 98
Source: [9]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  3. 1 2 3 4 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).
  4. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  5. ↑ Dead Cities.ru - Bystry (Russian)
  6. ↑ Law #33 - Article 14.2
  7. ↑ Bystry - Chaunsky District Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
  8. ↑ McKnightand Hess, pp.235-7
  9. ↑ "Weather Averages for Bystry from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.

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