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Magadan Oblast is a region in Northeastern Russia.

[edit] Regions

[edit] Cities

• Magadan — the region's capital and largest city by far
• Ola
• Susuman
• Ust-Umchug

[edit] Other destinations

• Magadansky Nature Reserve
• Talaya Resort — just outside Magadan, offers skiing (alpine & crosscountry) and snowmobiling

[edit] Understand

Magadan Oblast is a region rich in minerals and human suffering. The areas now known as Magadan Oblast and Chukotka were home to the Kolyma Gulag, a network of work-camps the size of France where approximately 500,000-1,000,000 men, women, and children died as a result of overwork, malnutrition, the cold, and human brutality. Anyone interested in the Kolyma gulags, or just more generally in human nature and great literature, should read Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Tales.

[edit] Talk

Russian is likely the only language you will encounter here.

[edit] Get in

Magadan Oblast is impressively remote and it is definitely advisable to fly to Magadan, likely from Moscow or much closer Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.

There is no railroad connecting to Magadan Oblast and there is only one road, leading from the west, from Yakutsk. This road, however, is extremely long, remote, and poorly serviced. Moreover, there are (possibly legendary) reports of armed banditry along this road because of its extreme remoteness.

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

• Dneprovsky Mine — the best preserved gulag site
• The Mask of Sorrow (in Magadan) is both a memorial to the victims of Kolyma and an inspired sculpture.

[edit] Itineraries

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• DVS-Tour offers tours of the region focused on historical guidance to the gulag network and also some city sight-seeing.[1] Magadan, 685000/ 3 Lenin St, office 450, Tel.:(413-22)2-32-96, fax.:(413-22)2-11-95, E-mail: travel@dvs-tour.ru
• Skiing/snowboarding

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[edit] Stay safe

[edit] Get out

Getting out of Magadan Oblast is best done by plane, but it is possible to venture down the long, lonely road into Yakutia as far as Yakutsk, although this route may be blocked with snow during colder months.

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