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A map of the Magadan area, showing the western part of the Koni Peninsula, lower right Satellite view of the Koni Peninsula. The Koni Peninsula projects into the Sea of Okhotsk in Magadan Oblast, in the Russian Far East, and has an area of 103,434 hectares. [1] Its north-western shores are on the Taui Bay.
Magadan (Russian: Магадан, IPA: [məɡɐˈdan]) is a port town and the administrative centre of Magadan Oblast, Russia.The city is located on the isthmus of the Staritsky Peninsula by the Nagaev Bay; it serves as a gateway to the Kolyma region.
A map of the Magadan area, showing the 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.
More ships entered the harbor and the area continued developing, paving the way for modern Magadan. Some of the East Even Cultural Base buildings survived well into the 1980s. [2] In 1932, the Settlement of Magadan was founded just 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) from Nagayevo, also on the coast. In 1939, they were both merged into the new Town of Magadan.
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Magadan Oblast was established on December 3, 1953 [12] in what had popularly been known as Kolyma.As a result of considerable raw resources, especially gold, silver, tin, and tungsten deposits, mining activities and road building had been developed during the Stalin era in the 1930s and 1940s under the coordination of Dalstroy and its forced labor camps.
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