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Omsukchan
Omsukchan (russian: Омсукча́н) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Omsukchansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located north of Magadan. Population: History Omsukchan was founded in the 1930s after natural resources were discovered in the region. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1953. The settlement's name comes from ''Omchikan'', which means "little marsh" in the Even language. Geography Omsukchan is a mountain town that lies in the western shore of Sugoy River, a tributary of Kolyma River. It is 27 km east of Dukat, the other town in the raion, and 22 km north of the ghost town of Galimy. The Omsukchan Range, highest ridge of the Kolyma Mountains, rises to the west and northwest of the town. Demographics Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:520 height:400 PlotArea = left:50 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omsukchansky District
Omsukchansky District (russian: Омсукча́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1292-OZ district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Omsukchansky Urban Okrug.Law #1808-OZ It is located in the eastern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Omsukchan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 5,531, with the population of Omsukchan accounting for 75.2% of that number. History The territory of modern Omsukchansky District was originally a part of Severo-Evensky District. The split was formalized on July 16, 1954, which is considered the date of Omsukchansky District's foundation. Geography The Omsukchan Range, highest ridge of the Kolyma Mountains, rises in the district to the northwest of Omsukchan town. The Korkodon river flows across the district in its upper course. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omsukchan Range
The Omsukchan Range ( rus, Омсукчанский хребет) is a mountain range in the Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Омсукчанский хребет, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov – 3rd ed. – M, 1969-1978. The nearest city is Omsukchan, the capital of Omsukchan District, and the nearest airport Omsukchan Airport. A branch of the Kolyma Highway, the Omsukchan Highway, passes through the middle section of the ridge, across the Kapranovsky Pass. The mountains have rich deposits of tin, gold and silver. Ken Mountain, a conical peak which is a tourist attraction, is located in the range. Geography The Omsukchan Range rises in the southernmost sector of the Kolyma Highlands System. The range runs between the Balygychan River valley in the west and the Sugoy River valley in the east, both right tributaries of the Kolyma. The highest mountain of the range is high Gora Nevskaya, located southwest of Omsukc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukat, Russia
Dukat (russian: Дукат) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in the Omsukchansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located north of Magadan. Population: History In the mid of the 1960s, geologists from Omsukchan discovered a rich ore deposit of silver; and named the settlement of Dukat, founded in 1968, after the ducat, an old trade coin used in Europe. The status of urban-type settlement was assigned by the decision of the Magadan Regional Executive Committee of February 19, 1976. Geography Dukat is located in a valley between two mountains of the Omsukchan Range, Kolyma Highlands, 27 km west of Omsukchan, the raion's seat and the nearest populated place. It is 30 km from Omsukchan Airport and 45 from the ghost town of Galimy. Economy The town is known for its gold mine, one of the largest in Russia, located few km west of the town. Gallery See also *Omsukchan Omsukchan (russian: Омсукча́н) is an urban locality (an urban-type settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadyr Highway
The Anadyr Highway is a highway on the territory of Magadan Oblast and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug from the R504 Kolyma Highway to the city of Anadyr with branches to Bilibino, Komsomolsky and Egvekinot. In the Magadan Region it is numbered 44H-3; in Chukotka the existing segments have the number 77K-022. The new highway will ensure the year-round connection of the Chukotka Autonomous District with the rest of Russia. Construction of the road in the Chukotka Autonomous District began in 2012. Construction in the Magadan Region began in 2015. Route The route starts from the R504 Kolyma Highway, revitalizing the old road to Omsukchan, then passes through Omolon, Ilirney, Palyavaam, then along the existing extended winter road to Valunistoye mine, where it turns south towards Anadyr. The total length is about , of which pass through the Magadan Region, and about through Chukotka. Features The road has the lowest technical category, without asphalt. The roadway will be tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omsukchan Airport
Omsukchan Airport is a minor airport built 7 km south of Omsukchan in Magadan Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ... Airlines and Destinations Statistics References Airports in Magadan Oblast {{Russia-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goltsovoye Mine
The Goltsovoye mine is one of the largest silver mines in Russia and in the world. The mine is located to the southeast of Omsukchan in Omsukchan District, Magadan Oblast, Siberia. The mine has estimated reserves of 46.9 million oz of silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goltsovoye Mine Silver mines in Russia Kolyma Mountains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolyma Mountains
The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland ( rus, Колымское нагорье, r=Kolymskoye Nagorye) is a system of mountain ranges in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kolyma region. The range's highest point is Mount Nevskaya (гора Невская) in the Omsukchan Range at . Geography The Kolyma Mountains stretch on a NW-SW alignment and consists of a series of plateaus and ridges punctuated by granite peaks that typically range between . To the west and southwest the Upper Kolyma Highlands are bound by the Seymchan- Buyunda Depression to the north and the Ola river basin to the south. The Yukaghir Highlands, highest point Mount Chubukulakh, rise to the northwest, the Anadyr Highlands to the north and northeast and the Koryak Highlands to the east.Google Earth Subranges Besides the Omsukchan Range, the system of the Kolyma Mountains comprises a number of subranges. Most are located in Magadan Obl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan Oblast has a population of 156,996 ( 2010 Census), making it the least populated oblast and the third-least populated federal subject in Russia. Magadan is the largest city and the capital of Magadan Oblast. The majority of the Oblast's inhabitants live in the city. The coastline has a less severe climate than the interiors, although both are very cold for its latitude. It borders Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the north, Kamchatka Krai in the east, Khabarovsk Krai in the south and the Sakha Republic in the west. The economy is primarily based on mining, particularly gold, silver and other non-ferrous metals. History Magadan Oblast was established on December 3, 1953Decree of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R504 Kolyma Highway
The R504 Kolyma Highway (russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», ''Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma»,'' "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road through the Russian Far East. It connects Magadan with the town of Nizhny Bestyakh, located on the eastern bank of Lena River, opposite of Yakutsk. At Nizhny Bestyakh the Kolyma Highway connects to the Lena Highway. The Kolyma Highway is colloquially known as the Road of Bones (Russian: Дорога Костей, transliteration: ''Doróga Kostyéy''), in reference to the hundreds of thousands of forced laborers who were interred in the pavement after dying during its construction. Locally, the road is known as the Kolyma Route (Russian: Колымская трасса, transliteration: ''Kolýmskaya trássa''). History The Dalstroy construction directorate built the Kolyma Highway during the Soviet Union's Stalinist era. Inmates of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galimy
Galimy (russian: Галимый) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Omsukchansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... Population: References Urban-type settlements in Magadan Oblast {{MagadanOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgenia Uvarkina
Yevgenia Yurievna Uvarkina (russian: Евгения Юрьевна Уваркина; born May 30, 1974) is a Russian businesswoman and politician. Since April 1, 2019 — Мayor of Lipetsk. Born on May 30, 1974 in the urban-type settlement Omsukchan, Omsukchansky District of Magadan Oblast, Soviet Union. In 1977, she moved to Lipetsk with her family. After school, she entered the Lipetsk Ecology and Humanities Institute, specializing in economics, and graduated in 1996. Holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Agricultural Producers of the Lipetsk Oblast. Uvarkina joined the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation in March 2017, where she was Chairman of the Commission for the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex and Rural Territories. On March 29, 2019, the head of the Lipetsk administration, Sergei Ivanov, appointed Uvarkina as first deputy. Before the elections, the new mayor of the Lipetsk council acts as head. In the post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugoy River
The Sugoy ( rus, Сугой) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The river freezes in October and stays frozen until late May or early June. There are important coal deposits in the Sugoy basin.Сугой, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978. Course The river has its source in the confluence of two small rivers of the Kolyma Highlands at an elevation of and flows roughly westwards in its upper course. After a sharp bend it flows northwards along the eastern flank of the Omsukchan Range. North of Omsukchan town the intermontane basin where the river flows is up to wide and includes extensive wetland areas, as well as dense forests. Finally it joins the right bank of the Kolyma from its mouth.Google Earth The main tributary of the Sugoy is the Khetagchan (Хетагчан) that joins it in its lower course from the right. See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
