Kadyktschan

Urban-type settlement Kadytkschan Кадыкчан Federal district far East Oblast Magadan Rajon Sussumanski Founded in the 1940s population 0 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 800  m Time zone UTC + 11 Post Code 686350 License Plate 49 OKATO 44 213 563 Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 5 '  N , 147 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 5 '0 "  N , 147 ° 3' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Magadan Oblast

Kadyktschan ( Russian Кадыкчан ) is an abandoned urban-type settlement in the Oblast Magadan ( Russia ). According to the 2010 census in Russia, the place has 0 inhabitants. Kadyktschan is about 65 kilometers northwest of Sussuman , the administrative center of the Rajon. The name of the settlement comes from the indigenous Eweni language and means something like "small gorge".

history

Kadyktschan was built by Gulag prisoners for coal mining during World War II . Later on, miners also lived there, who supplied the Arkagalinskaya GRES thermal power station in Mjaundscha with coal.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , coal mining in the region became increasingly unprofitable. After an explosion in a mine that left six people dead in 1996, the government decided to close all mines and subsidize residents' exodus. According to official information, the settlement was completely deserted in 2010, even if tourists reported one or two residents in 2012.

traffic

The R504 Kolyma road, which connects Magadan with Nizhny Bestjach near Yakutsk , passes the settlement .

Population development

Abandoned buildings in Kadyktschan

1970	1979	1986	1989	2002	2007	2010
3,378	4,764	10,270	5,794	875	227	0

Web links

• Unofficial website of Kadkychan (Russian)
• Pictures of Kadyktschan on englishrussia.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)