It has been suggested that this article should be split into a new article titled Kolyma Gulag, because the Kolyma Gulag is different from the Kolyma region and deserves an article for itself. (discuss) (May 2023)
Region
Kolyma
Колыма
Region
Kolyma River basin
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]). It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. Kolyma Krai was never formally defined and over time it was split among various administrative units. As of 2023[update], it consists roughly of the Magadan Oblast, north-eastern areas of Yakutia, and the Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
The area, part of which is within the Arctic Circle, has a subarctic climate with very cold winters lasting up to six months of the year. Permafrost and tundra cover a large part of the region. Average winter temperatures range from −19 to −38 °C (−2 to −36 °F) (even lower in the interior), and average summer temperatures, from 3 to 16 °C (37 to 61 °F). There are rich reserves of gold, silver, tin, tungsten, mercury, copper, antimony, coal, oil, and peat. Twenty-nine zones of possible oil and gas accumulation have been identified in the Sea of Okhotsk shelf. Total reserves are estimated at 3.5 billion tons of equivalent fuel, including 1.2 billion tons of oil and 1.5 billion m3 of gas.[2]
The principal town Magadan has nearly 100,000 inhabitants and is the largest port in north-eastern Siberia. It has a large fishing fleet and remains open year-round because of icebreakers. Magadan is served by the nearby Sokol Airport. There are many public and private farming enterprises. Gold mines, pasta and sausage factories, fishing companies, and a distillery form the city's industrial base.[2]
^"Колымское нагорье" [Kolyma Highlands]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) (3rd ed.). 1969–1978.
^ ab"Magadan Region". Kommersant Moscow. 8 March 2004. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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