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Staritsky Peninsula
The Staritsky Peninsula projects into the Taui Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East immediately south of Magadan, which occupies the isthmus of the peninsula. It is separated from the mainland by the smaller Nagayev Bay on the west and on the east. Before 1875 the it was known as the Miyekan Peninsula after the local evens, even's name Miyekan for the Nagayev bay. In 1875 the hydrographer mapped the local shores and named the peninsula after the Russian captain and hydrologist . Its highest point is , , elevation 694m, prominence 625m. References Landforms of Magadan Oblast Landforms of the Sea of Okhotsk Peninsulas of Russia Pacific Coast of Russia {{MagadanOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magadan 1978
Magadan ( rus, Магадан, p=məɡɐˈdan) is a port town and the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Sea of Okhotsk in Nagayev Bay (within Taui Bay) and serving as a gateway to the Kolyma region. History Magadan was founded in 1930 in the Ola (river) valley,Vazhenin, p. 4 near the settlement of Nagayevo. During the Stalin era, Magadan was a major transit center for political prisoners sent to forced labour camps. From 1932 to 1953, it was the administrative centre of the Dalstroy organisation—a vast forced-labour gold-mining operation and forced-labour camp system. The first director of Dalstroy was Eduard Berzin, who between 1932 and 1937 established the infrastructure of the forced labour camps in Magadan. Berzin was executed in 1938 by Stalin, towards the end of the Great Purge. The town later served as a port for exporting gold and other metals mined in the Kolyma region. Its size and population grew quickly as facilities were rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
