Magadan
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Magadan (Russian: Магадан), a port city on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region, is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast (since 1953), in the Russian Far East. Founded in 1933 on the site of an  earlier settlement from the 1920s, it was granted the status of a city in 1939. It lies in Nagaevo Bay in the Gulf of Tauisk. Ship building and fishing are the major industries. The city has a seaport (fully navigable from May to December) and a major airport, Sokol Airport. There is also a small airport close to town, Magadan 13. A highway leads from Magadan to the gold-mining region on the upper Kolyma River. This is known as the "Road of Bones" because of the prisoners who died during its construction; their bones are said to have been incorporated into the road.
Magadan is very isolated. There is only one road in and out, and the nearest major city is Yakutsk, 2000 km away via an  unpaved road which is best used in the winter. The city has the enormous new orthodox Cathedral Church of the Trinity, a recently completed Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity and the Mask of Sorrow memorial, a huge sculpture in memory of Stalin's victims, designed by Ernst Neizvestny.
The principal sources of the local economy are gold mining and fisheries. Recently, gold production has declined although future prospects look good. Fishing production, although improving from year to year, is still well below the allocated quotas, apparently as a result of an ageing fleet . Other local industries include pasta and sausage plants and a distillery. Athough farming is difficult owing to the harsh climate, there are many public and private farming enterprises. The city has a number of cultural institutions including the Regional Museum of Anthropology, a geological museum and a regional library. There is also a university
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