This article is about the urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. For the Chinese city called "Dalny" while under Russian control between 1898 and 1905, see Dalian.
The settlement was abandoned as a result of the extraction of gold no longer being economically viable.[6] 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 Dalny 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] Despite the mines closing, the Kupol Gold Project environmental impact assessment, still recorded three people remaining in the settlement as of 2005.[7] However, as of 2008 is in the process of being officially liquidated,[1] and a report on the Klen gold deposit for Highland Gold Mining Ltd reported the settlement as being deserted.[3]
In 1981, one of the world's largest iron meteorites, named "Bilibino", was discovered near the settlement.[8]
Transport
Dalny is not connected to any other inhabited location by permanent road except the now abandoned settlement of Devichiy.[9] However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[10]
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)
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)
