Bystry, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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]
Bystry
Быстрый | |
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Work settlement[1] (abolished) | |
Location of Bystry 
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  Bystry Location of Bystry  Bystry Bystry (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | |
| Coordinates: 69°10′22″N 172°22′02″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Administrative district | Chaunsky District |
| Abolished | 1998[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9  [3]) |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 689400 |
| OKTMO ID | 77705000058 |
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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]
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]
- 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)
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) |
4.9 (40.8) |
10 (50) |
16.2 (61.2) |
28 (82) |
30 (86) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22 (72) |
5 (41) |
2 (36) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
30 (86) |
| 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 (46.0) |
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 (−42.0) |
−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 (0.4) |
6 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
3 (0.1) |
6 (0.2) |
6 (0.2) |
21 (0.8) |
12 (0.5) |
9 (0.4) |
6 (0.2) |
6 (0.2) |
9 (0.4) |
96 (3.8) |
| Average snowy days | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 98 |
| Source: [9] | |||||||||||||
References
Notes
- Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
- 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).
- "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- Dead Cities.ru - Bystry Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Law #33 - Article 14.2
- Bystry - Chaunsky District Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
- McKnightand Hess, pp.235-7
- "Weather Averages for Bystry from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
Sources
- McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate Zones and Types". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-020263-0.
- Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №33-ОЗ от 30 июня 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №55-ОЗ от 9 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чукотского автономного округа "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня его официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №7 (28), 14 мая 1999 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #33-OZ of June 30, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #55-OZ of June 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.). (in Russian)