Kadykchan

Kadykchan (English)
Кадыкчан (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[1]

Abandoned apartment buildings in Kadykchan, 2011

Location of Magadan Oblast in Russia
Kadykchan
Location of Kadykchan in Magadan Oblast
Coordinates: 63°05′N 147°03′E / 63.083°N 147.050°E / 63.083; 147.050Coordinates: 63°05′N 147°03′E / 63.083°N 147.050°E / 63.083; 147.050
Administrative status (as of April 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Magadan Oblast[1]
Administrative district Susumansky District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 0 inhabitants[2]
Time zone MAGT (UTC+11:00)[3]
Founded 1940s
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Kadykchan (Russian: Кадыкча́н) is a depopulated urban locality (a work settlement) in Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located in the basin of the Ayan-Yuryakh River, 65 kilometers (40 mi) northwest of Susuman, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, it had no recorded population.

Etymology

The settlement's name comes from the indigenous Even language word meaning "small gorge" or "ravine".

History

Kadykchan was built by gulag prisoners during World War II for the purposes of coal extraction. Later it accommodated miners from a few local coal mines which supplied Arkagalinskaya electric power station. The depth of mines was about 400 meters (1,300 ft).

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, coal mining in the area became increasingly unprofitable. An explosion at the mine in 1996 killed six people, which led to a decision to close the mines altogether and for the government to subsidize residents to move elsewhere. As of 2010, the settlement was officially completely depopulated,[2] although travelers reported one or two hardy residents remaining in 2012.

Population history

1970 1979 1986 1989[4] 2002[5] 2007 2010[2]
3,378 4,764 10,270 5,794 875 227 0

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Magadan Oblast
  2. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  3. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  4. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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