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Bilibino

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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About Bilibino

Bilibino is a town and the place of work of Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. As with a whole lot of the relaxation of Chukotka, the earliest human remains observed within the region round Bilibino have been dated to the Early Neolithic, with camp websites having been excavated at Orlovka 2, a domain at the banks of the Orlovka River, as well as at Lakes Tytyl and Ilirney. Interest in the vicinity across the modern-day website online of the metropolis started inside the Twenties whilst prospectors consisting of Soviet geologist Yury Bilibin determined gold within the region and started to make exams concerning the industrial viability of its extraction.

In March 1955, gold mining operations started out and the development of a settlement started out, although at this level it turned into little more than a set of geologists' and prospectors' tents, who had at first been based in Seymchan. Because of his discovery of gold inside the region, in particular inside the region of the Bolshoy Anyuy and Maly Anyuy Rivers, the geologists named the new agreement after Yury Bilibin, and the brand new call turned into formally adopted in February 1956. On September 6, 1958, Bilibino become granted urban-type settlement fame.

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