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Magadan Oblast. Larch forest in the Upper Kolyma Highlands. Kolyma (Колыма́, IPA: [kəɫɨˈma]) or Kolyma Krai (Колымский край) is a historical region in the Russian Far East that includes the basin of Kolyma River and the northern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as the Kolyma Mountains (the watershed of the two [1]).
Sevvostlag was the sole administration for the whole system of the forced labor of Dalstroy. The numerous labor camps usually mentioned for Kolyma and Dalstroy were formally referred to as subcamps ("camp subdivisions", лагерные подразделения) attached (but not subordinated) to the corresponding production units.
The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland (Russian: Колымское нагорье, romanized: 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. [1]
In 1931, as geologists found gold reserves in the valleys of the Kolyma region, they built a camp on the river close to present location of Orotukan. Shortly thereafter the construction of the Kolyma Highway (also known as the Road of Bones) began. The settlement was founded on its present site in the mid-1930s.
A uranium mine on the Kolyma River; The ruins of a uranium mining Russian prison camp; Anatoliy Zhygulin, survivor-poet, writes about the camp (in Russian) Walkthrough overview of the camp in 2008 by Vysokyi Val correspondent (in Ukrainian) Historical and geographical sites of Kolyma region overview (in Ukrainian) Mentioning of Butugychag
The Upper Kolyma Highlands (Russian: Верхнеколымское нагорье, romanized: Verkhnekolymskoye Nagorye) is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. [1] [2] There are large deposits of gold, tin and rare metals in the Upper Kolyma Highlands.
The main rivers of the district are the Kolyma River and its tributaries. Most of the territory of the district is part of the Kolyma lowland. The Yukaghir Plateau, reaching a maximum height of 1,128 m (3,701 ft) at Mount Chubukulakh, rises in the east and some eastern foothills of the Chersky Range to the west, such as the Arga-Tas in the southwest and the Osalin Range in the northwest.
The Oloy Range rises in the northernmost sector of the Kolyma Highlands System. The range runs in a roughly northwest / southeast direction for over 350 kilometers (220 mi), between the Anyuy Range to the north and the Ush-Urekchen to the south, roughly parallel to both.