Magadan Urban Okrug
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 Magadan seen from the local mountains |
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.svg) Location of Magadan Oblast in Russia |
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| Anthem | none |
| Town Day | July 14; observed on the third Saturday of July |
| Administrative status (as of June 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Magadan Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Magadan |
| Administrative center of | Magadan Oblast, town of oblast significance of Magadan |
| Municipal status (as of March 2013) | |
| Urban okrug | Magadan Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Magadan Urban Okrug |
| Head/Mayor | Andey Popov (Head), Yuri Fyodorovich Grishan (Mayor) |
| Representative body | Town Duma |
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| Area (2004) | 295 km2 (114 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 95,982 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 178th |
| Population (January 2014 est.) | 101,045 inhabitants |
| Density | 325/km2 (840/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MAGT (UTC+11:00) |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Town status since | July 14, 1939 |
| Postal code(s) | 685000–685005, 685007, 685017, 685021, 685024, 685030, 685031, 685098, 685099, 685700, 685960, 685961 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4132 |
| Website | www |
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Magadan (Russian: Магадан, IPA: [məɡɐˈdan]) is a port town and the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Sea of Okhotsk in Nagayev Bay (within Taui Bay) and serving as a gateway to the Kolyma region. Population: 95,982 (2010 Census);99,399 (2002 Census);151,652 (1989 Census).
Magadan was founded in 1930 in the Magadan River valley, near the settlement of Nagayevo. During the Stalin era, Magadan was a major transit center for prisoners sent to labor camps. From 1932 to 1953, it was the administrative center of the Dalstroy organization—a vast and brutal forced-labor gold-mining operation and forced-labor camp system. The town later served as a port for exporting gold and other metals mined in the Kolyma region. Its size and population grew quickly as facilities were rapidly developed for the expanding mining activities in the area. Town status was granted to it on July 14, 1939.
Magadan was visited by U.S. Vice-President Henry Wallace in May 1944. He took an instant liking to his secret policeman host, admired handiwork done by prisoners, and later glowingly called the town a combination of Tennessee Valley Authority and Hudson's Bay Company. Wallace's collaborative stance towards the Soviet Union discouraged the Democratic Party of the United States from renominating him as vice president later in the summer of 1944, helping lead to the selection of Harry Truman in his place.
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