Kolyma (Колыма́, IPA: [kəɫɨˈma]) or Kolyma Krai (Колымский край) is a historical region in the Russian Far East that includes the basin of Kolyma River and the northern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as the Kolyma Mountains (the watershed of the two [1]).

In the faraway northeast lands of Russia, there was a ‘Sevvostlag’ (“North-East”) Gulag branch. It consisted of several labor camps along the Kolyma riverbed, thus the unofficial name ‘Kolyma’....

Nov 22, 2020 · The Kolyma Highway in the Russian Far East once delivered tens of thousands of prisoners to the work camps of Stalin’s gulag. The ruins of that cruel era are still visible today.

Situated in the most northern part of Russia’s Far East, the region known as Kolyma has everything: deep clean rivers, boundless forests and rich mineral wealth. Kolyma’s reputation, however,...

Kolyma Tales or Kolyma Stories (Russian: Колымские рассказы, Kolymskiye rasskazy) is the name given to six collections of short stories by Russian author Varlam Shalamov, about labour camp life in the Soviet Union. Most stories are documentaries and reflect the …

Kolyma Off to the Unknown Stalin's Notorious Prison Camps in Siberia by Ayyub Baghirov (1906-1973) Arrested in 1937, sentenced under false charges in 1939 to eight years of corrective labor in Kolyma. In reality, he was in exile for 18 years as he was not released until 1955, two years after Stalin's death.

The Kolyma (Russian: Колыма, IPA: [kəlɨˈma]; Yakut: Халыма, romanized: Xalıma) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia.

May 28, 2019 · Something that's been widely discussed on the Russian Internet is a recent documentary by Yuri Dud' called Kolyma — Birthplace of Our Fear. This film features footage from Northeastern Siberia and interviews with people whose families were affected by …

Jun 7, 2023 · One such place was the Kolyma region in the north-eastern part of Russia, where millions of prisoners lost their lives mining gold from under the ice. It is one of the coldest regions in the world, lying mostly beyond the Arctic Circle.

Jul 27, 2015 · Kolyma is a region located in the Russian Far East, known for its Gulag labour camps and gold mining, both of which have been extensively documented since the opening up of Stalin-era...