Bilibino

The city is located at the confluence of the Caralvey and Big Keperway rivers (Kolyma basin), 653 km from Anadyr. On February 10, 1956, by the decision of the Executive Committee of the East Tundrovsk district, the town of Karalvaam was renamed Bilibino, in honor of the discoverer of the Golden Kolyma - geologist Yuri Bilibin. Bilibino received the status of the city on June 28, 1993. Gold mining, GOK. Near the city is the Bilibino NPP (opened in 1976) with a total electric capacity of 48 MW, providing the city with electric and thermal energy. In recent years, the city has not been burdened by nuclear power plants because its population has almost tripled since 1989, from 15.6 to 5.6 thousand inhabitants. By the relative rate of depopulation during this period, Bilibino is second only to another city of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, Pevek.