The most difficult and significant construction in 1942 was the construction of an 86-kilometer dirt road connecting the then village of Pevek with the Pyrkakay (Krasnoarmeisky) deposit, on May 4, the Chukotka Industrial Policy Department reported.
In Chukotka, they remembered the work of people who built roads in the harsh conditions of the north during the Great Patriotic War.
“In 1941-1945, tin became one of the most needed metals in the country. Large reserves of this metal were discovered in the Chaun region in the years before the war.
To ensure the export of minerals from the Pyrkakay (Krasnoarmeisky) deposit to the village of Pevek, in the spring of 1942, the construction of an 86-kilometer dirt road began.the department said.
The construction of the road was carried out at an accelerated pace. More than 700 people worked on the road laying, most of whom were prisoners.
On Sundays, Pevek residents participated in the construction of the road. According to the memories of the residents of the area, these days the entire population with wheelbarrows and shovels came to build the road.
As a result, the first trucks carrying ore began to walk on the highway as early as August 1942.
“Subsequently, the Pyrkakay (Krasnoarmeisky) tin mine became the largest mine in the country and at the end of 1945 Chukotka was ahead of all companies in the Northeast of the country in the extraction of tin”says the message.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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