Butugychag
Butugychag reflects Russia’s turbulent history. It’s located in Russia’s far east, in the Magadan Oblast. Butugychag used to be a part of the gulag system: between 1937 and 1957 it was a forced labour camp. It was particularly famous for its uranium mines. The truth of Beria’s uranium-mining gulags has been recovered only recently. Now, if you dare, you can see the abandoned facilities.

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