Ust-Omchug (russian: Усть-Омчуг) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) and the

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Tenkinsky District Tenkinsky District (russian: Теньки́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia.Law #1292-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tenkinsky Urban Okrug.Law #1887-OZ ...

of Magadan Oblast,

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, located at the mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan. Population:

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953. Some north from the settlement there are couple of other abandoned settlements that once were part of the TenLag. They are Butugichag and Lower Butugichag. The settlements were part of the Soviet correctional system of

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Economy

There is an ore-mining and processing plant, a mining equipment repair shop, a timber industry company, and a poultry farming

sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted wit ...

Climate

Ust-Omchug has a very cold subarctic climate (

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''Dfc''). Winters are prolonged and very cold, with up to eight months of sub-zero maximum daily

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, such that the

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remains permanently frozen. Permafrost and

tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mou ...

cover most of the region. Average temperatures range from in January to in July.

Gallery

File:Arial view of Ust-Omchug 1958.png, Aerial view in 1958 File:Ust-Omchug-ruins.jpg, Ruined structures File:Ust-Omchug-power.jpg, Electricity substation File:Ust-Omchug petrol station, Magadan Oblast, Siberia.jpg, Gas station

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Magadan Oblast