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Magadan-Kolyma (07.2009)

Magadan - Eight times zones northeast of Moscow, this sub-Arctic region is twice the size of Portugal, with only 100,000 inhabitants. Site of Stalin’s' infamous Gulags and inspiration for Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago", it's estimated that perhaps as many as 2,000,000 died or were killed in the Kolyma forced labor camps. Frigid and isolated, the area was known as the, “gateway to hell”. Rich in minerals, today the region is one of Russia's largest gold producers. And, as you will see, the site of some magnificent scenery.
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Serpentine Road - site of mass executions in 1938. Серпантинка.
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Serpentine Road - site of mass executions in 1938. Серпантинка.

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  • 2.6 kilos of gold worth about $350,000
  • Lena with a huge gold nugget.
  • The RT crew outside the Gold Factory.
  • Serpentine Road - site of mass executions in 1938. Серпантинка.
  • In memorium to those executed during Stalin's reign. It's estimated that 11,000 people were executed in this region.
  • In remembrance.
  • With local historian Ivan Panikarov.
  • Girls walking the shoals at low tide. (Gertner Bay)
  • Departing Nagayevo Bay headed towards the Koni Peninsula in the Sea of Okhotsk.
  • Our on board bunks.
  • Sustenance.
  • The boat we traveled on.
  • Our captain.
  • Morning view of Zavyalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk.
  • On board. (Sea of Okhotsk.)
  • Playing captain.
  • Zavyalov Island.
  • Zavyalov Island.
  • Russian-American biologist, Yevgeniy Potapov, traveled with us.
  • Seagulls. Sea of Okhotsk.
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