Kholodny () is an urban-type settlement in

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East, Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan ...

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. Population:

Geography

Kholodny is located around 380 km north-north-west of the city of

Magadan Magadan ( rus, Магадан, p=məɡɐˈdan) is a Port of Magadan, port types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative centre of Magadan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the isthmus of the Staritsky Peninsula by the ...

, by the Byoryolyokh river in the

Upper Kolyma Highlands The Upper Kolyma Highlands () is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. There are large deposits of gold, tin and rare metals in the Upper Kolyma Highlands. The area ...

. It is in Susumansky District, 14 km from the administrative centre

Susuman Susuman () is a town and the administrative center of Susumansky District in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Byoryolyokh River, northwest of Magadan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Geography The town lies in the ...

History

The settlement was founded in 1941 as a gold mining base, gaining urban-type settlement status in 1962. The settlement's name ''Kholodny'' is the Russian word for ''cold''.

Infrastructure

Kholodny lies on the

Kolyma Highway The R504 Kolyma Highway (, ''Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma»,'' "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road through the Russian Far East. It connects Magadan with the town of Nizhny Bestyakh, located ...

References

{{Magadan Oblast Urban-type settlements in Magadan Oblast