Iultin
Ghost town · Russia
- Abandoned
- 1995
- Founded
- 1953
- Population
- 0
- Coordinates
- 67.876, -178.739
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: The settlement was established to house the workers and administrative staff of the tin and tungsten mines, with transport connections with the port, Egvekinot being constructed by Gulag prisoners.
History
Iultin was an urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, part of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. As of 2010 the area is uninhabited. At its peak in 1989 it had a population of 5,301 (1989 Soviet census). The settlement was established to house the workers and administrative staff of the tin and tungsten mines, with transport connections with the port, Egvekinot being constructed by Gulag prisoners. The settlement was abolished in 1995, when mining activities became no longer profitable.