Sokol, Magadan Oblast

Sokol (Russian Сокол ) is an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast (Russia) with 4685 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The village is about 40 kilometers in a straight line north of Oblastverwaltungszentrum Magadan, from the city and from the coast of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk by a good 1000 m high mountain range separated. It is situated near the right bank of Uptar, a left tributary of the Chassyn, which in turn leads shortly before the Sea of ​​Okhotsk in the arm. Northeast of Sokol rises the Chassyn comb ( Chassynski Chrebet ), an arm of the Kolymagebirges also to over 1000 m.

Sokol heard as several kilometers east preferred settlement Uptar to city circle Magadan.

History

In connection with the construction of the airport in Magadan in 1960 was in the immediate vicinity of a residential area, which was registered on 28 May 1962 as a place. On July 23, 1964, she was awarded the status of an urban-type settlement awarded.

The airport began operations in 1963 and was completed in 1966.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and infrastructure

In Sokol various utilities and authorities with respect to situated immediately southwest of the settlement International Airport Magadan Sokol ( GDX IATA Code, ICAO Code UHMM ) are located. In addition, the village with its prefab is predominantly residential area.

Sokol is located at kilometer 2989 of the highway M56, former Kolymatrakt, according to 1777 kilometers from Nizhny Bestjach at Yakutsk and 49 kilometers from Magadan. Between settlement and Sokol and Magadan airport is on this road bus service.

Built in the 1940s narrow gauge railway Magadan - Palatka, followed the road for long stretches, was already shut down again at the time of the creation of the settlement Sokol (1956). Along the former route leads one at Sokol branches off from the M56 local road to the downstream on Uptar rural settlements Molotschnaja and Splawnaja.