Ust-Omchug
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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);[1] 4,867 (2002 Census);[2] 11,343 (1989 Census).[3]
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History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.
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.
Economy
There is an ore-mining and processing plant, a mining equipment repair shop, a timber industry company, and a poultry farming sovkhoz.
Gallery
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Ust-Omchug-ruins.jpg
Ruined structures
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Ust-Omchug-power.jpg
Electricity substation
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Ust-Omchug petrol station, Magadan Oblast, Siberia.jpg
Gas station
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