Komsomolsky, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Komsomolsky
Комсомольский
Work settlement
(abolished)
Location of Komsomolsky
Komsomolsky
Location of Komsomolsky
Komsomolsky
Komsomolsky (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 69°10′00″N 172°42′00″E / 69.16667°N 172.70000°E / 69.16667; 172.70000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug
Administrative districtChaunsky District
Founded1959
Abolished1998
Population
  Estimate 
(June 2005)
508
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 )
Postal code(s)
689415
OKTMO ID77705000066

Komsomolsky (Russian: Комсомо́льский) is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) south-west of Pevek, the administrative centre of the district. Population: 597(2002 Census); 3,794(1989 Soviet census). According to an environmental impact report produced for the Kupol Gold Project, by 2005 the population had fallen further to just 508.