Omsukchan

Omsuktschan (Russian Омсукчан ) is an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast (Russia) with 4157 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The settlement is surrounded by the towering there to about 1500 m the northern foothills of the Kolymagebirges, approximately 420 line kilometers northeast of the Oblastverwaltungszentrums Magadan. Omsuktschan is located on the left bank of the Omtschiktschan, which flows about 15 km north-east in the right Kolyma Creek Sugoi.

Omsuktschan is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons Omsuktschan.

History

Its history begins with the discovery of coal deposits in 1937 and 1939 tin deposits in the wider area. Though founded in the village is considered 1940. The place name is a modification of the river name Omtschiktschan represents a ewenischen designation for smaller swampy, hard accessible places. 1941 took the first two mines in operation: Industrialny in the mountains not far north west of the town and Galimy near the now abandoned settlement 20 km south.

A road to the mining area was initially located southeast of the cove Pjostraja Dreswa, 120 km as the crow on the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, built and completed in 1945. Later, a route from the southwest direction, starting from the Kolyma road, created and opened in 1954. From 1951 to 1956, the Omsuktschan - bearing department was in Omsuktschan ( OmsuktschanLag ) the Dalstroy management system of the Gulag with up to 8200 prisoners who were employed in mining and road construction.

1953 Omsuktschan was awarded the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1954, the settlement Rajonverwaltungszentrum, as the same Rajon result of a spin from the eastern neighboring Rajon Severo- Ewenski.

As early as the end of the 1950s became apparent exhaustion of the Zinnerzvorräte; for new discoveries in the 1960s included the last Zinnschächte the late 1980s. However, a new upswing took the mining by the discovery of huge silver ore in 1980, and later also of gold.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and infrastructure

Main economic factor today is the mining of silver and gold deposits, particularly in the well 20 km north-west settlement Dukat. In Omsuktschan is a factory for the ore enrichment. In addition, coal is mined for local energy supply and operated around cattle for the local supply, as well as Rajon by the indigenous population reindeer husbandry.

A few kilometers southwest of the village is an airport located ( ICAO code UHMF ), which is served from Magadan from IrAir ( IrAero ) ( as of 2010). About a mostly unpaved road Omsuktschan is on the highway M56 connected (formerly Kolyma ). About this almost 600 km long route over several mountain passes is a rare but regular bus service. A local road link leads to Dukat. The main ridge of the Kolymagebirges intersecting road to Pjostraja - Dreswa Bay on the Sea of ​​Okhotsk was no longer entertained by going since the 1970s and is no longer in use and in its northern section on the task of localities Galimy and Merenga in recent years.