Ust’-Omchug, Russia
Усть-Омчуг
Ust’-Omchug is a town of 4,515 people in Magadan Oblast, Russia.
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About Ust’-Omchug
Ust-Omchug (Russian: Усть-Омчуг) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tenkinsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located at the 271-kilometer (168 mi) mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan. Population: 3,914 (2010 census); 4,867 (2002 census); 11,343 (1989 Soviet census).
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History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.
Some 56 kilometers (35 mi) 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.
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