Ust-Omchug
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Ust-Omchug is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) and the administrative center of Tenkinsky District
of Magadan Oblast
, Russia
, located at the 271 kilometres (168.4 mi) mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan
. Population:
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.
There is an ore-mining and processing plant, a mining equipment repair shop, a timber industry company, and a poultry farming sovkhoz
.
Thirty five miles 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 GULAG
.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) and the administrative center of Tenkinsky District
Tenkinsky District
Tenkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 8 in Magadan Oblast, Russia....
of Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located at the 271 kilometres (168.4 mi) mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan
Magadan
Magadan is a port town on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East. Founded in 1929 on the site of an earlier settlement from the 1920s, it was granted the status of town in 1939...
. Population:
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.
There is an ore-mining and processing plant, a mining equipment repair shop, a timber industry company, and a poultry farming sovkhoz
Sovkhoz
A sovkhoz , typically translated as state farm, is a state-owned farm. The term originated in the Soviet Union, hence the name. The term is still in use in some post-Soviet states, e.g., Russia and Belarus. It is usually contrasted with kolkhoz, which is a collective-owned farm...
.
Thirty five miles north from the settlement there are couple of other abandoned settlements that once were part of the TenLag. They are Butugichag
Butugichag
Butugichag Corrective Labor Camp was a part of the bigger Tenlag, a subdivision of GULAG. The camp existed during 1945-1955 in the Kolyma region of North-Eastern Russia . The camp is mostly known for its deadly uranium mines It is mentioned by some Russian historians such as Jores and Roy Medvedevs...
and Lower Butugichag. The settlements were part of the Soviet correctional system of GULAG
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
.