Debin ( rus, Де́бин, p=ˈdʲebʲɪn) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in

Yagodninsky District Yagodninsky District (russian: Я́годнинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1292-OZ and municipalLaw #511-OZ district ( raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the oblast ...

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...

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. Population:

Geography

upstream is Sinegorye and the Kolyma dam.

History

Debin was founded in 1935 with the creation of a ferry point over the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

, initially under the name ''Pereprava''. In 1937 it was renamed for the Debin River, which joins the Kolyma a few kilometers upstream from the settlement. During the era of the Gulag network, it was the base for one of the larger prison camps administered by Dalstroy in the

region, centred on using forced labour for gold mining.

Infrastructure

Debin is located on the

Kolyma Highway The R504 Kolyma Highway (russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», ''Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma»,'' "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road throu ...

, at the point where it crosses the Kolyma River. From here, roads also lead to Sinegorye and to other smaller localities such as Taskan, Elgen and Verkhny At-Uryakh.

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Magadan Oblast Kolyma basin