Dalstroy Region

The **Dalstroy Region** (Russian: Дальстрой Pайон Romanised: Dal'stroy Rayon) refers to a geographical region which encompasses the eastern end of Siberia of Northeast Asia. The region is both within the national boundaries of Chemgota and Russia, in which Chemgota consists of the majority of the area compared to the Russian half. The land has many varieties of landscapes most notably being densely forested taiga, flat tundra to the north, various mountain ranges scattered across the region, elastic open rivers and extensive kettle lakes. The Dalstroy also includes several external outlining islands surrounding the region and it is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east, Bering Sea to the east, Chukchi Sea to the northeast, East Siberian Sea to the north, Sea of Okhotsk to the south and the Laptev Sea to the northwest.

At the time of the arrival of Russian colonists, the Dalstroy Region was inhabited by several indigenous ethnic groups throughout the region in which the Russian Empire struggled to contend with and stabilise, after decades of colonising the region through various expeditions and navigational journeys around the region, the Russians began to populate the region and establish settlements, with the discovery of rich natural resources being located by Russian colonists, a large population influx persisted in the region in which many more settlers began to populate the region for profit, this led to the indigenous groups to become suppressed furthermore as the Russians employed the use of modern warfare tactics and technology against the tribal peoples of the region which led to several massacres being perpetrated by both belligerents amidst the conflict, eventually after years of internal conflict being resolved and with the Russian efforts to colonise the region was successful, Russia established penal colonies to further increase population growth in the region to harvest the mineral rich resources located within the region, these labour camps were more commonly referred to as Gulags, specialised internment camps which had a focus upon natural hard labour and slavery practices towards it's offenders, being notoriously horrid with the lifestyle and living conditions within the Gulags.

## Etymology

The term "Dalstroy" originates from the Far North Construction Trust, a state-owned company which saw the construction of Gulags within Siberia's Northeastern Far East region. The area in which the Dalstroy was primarily based on saw the events of the Chemgotan War of Independence unfold, during and after the war, Chemgotan leaders such as President and Founding Father, Igor Elmpt believed that branding Chemgota's controlled territory the Dalstroy Region in proper, on the basis of the Far North Construction Trust's former assets and administration they maintained over the territory until it was dissolved. After the war ended, a referendum took place for the naming of the geographical region in which Dalstroy was commonly agreed upon, this also helped in regional building efforts and nation-building within Chemgota, as prior to the creation of the geographical region the area was several regions rather than being one, the closest resemblance was the Kolyma Region which referred to the Kolyma river which was situated within inland central Chemgota and led towards the capital, Magadan.