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On vzezde Magadan installed the famous sculpture of the deer family. Previously, there were two artiodactyls. Mama doe and her calf. They are parallel to the road. Therefore Magadan joke that the city meets your big ass and small escorts. Later, someone insisted on the third deer. Like, bad example serve, comrades, family something goes incomplete! Said - done, although in terms of the nature of a step is not justified. Stag - as the Moor. Has done his job and retired.



Prior to the expedition to the Kolyma thought Chelyabinsk - harsh city. But when he saw the bulldozer brazen wheels on the river Magadanka, questioned his judgment. Drunken (hungover) tractor certainly believes that he - a boat! And let us look at the concepts. Kolyma - a river. Just next to it is a lot of exiles GULAG camps. Therefore, the word Kolyma firmly established in the Russian lexicon and became associated with hard labor and prisons.



Many sidewalks lined with hexagonal tiles. Magadan her proud, considering that this is only for them. Sasha told me that once the authorities rolled asphalt tile. So Magadan rebelled and demanded it all back.



This post could well be called "Bears on the streets of Magadan." White bears - one of the symbols of the north. In Magadan often found on the black fence:



After checking the hotel management allowed us to climb to the roof and take pictures of the city from a height. Magadan turned out exactly the way we see it. A small town of 95 thousand inhabitants, hilly and gloomy. Where to wade through the wind of the Okhotsk Sea. Where very fresh, but cool:



Most of the cars in Magadan RHD. I feel many drivers are not burdened with courtesy. Rough country ...



Shabby, blackened and cracked symbol of the Soviet past:





Figure, like a big brother (or superheroes), watching the city from the roof of the regional theater. Gorgeous "Magadan" consists of four guerrillas, miner, collective farmer and the military. Made them the sculptor George Lavrov, who shook the Kolyma "five" on trumped-up charges. For his work he received a modest fee: a loaf of bread, 50 grams of alcohol and a bit of tobacco.





On the roof waving Russian tricolor flag of the city. Golden Deer in Magadan associated with reindeer husbandry and production of precious metals, the waves are reminded that the city is considered the sea gate of the Kolyma River, and the red color symbolizes courage and relentless struggle for justice.



Advertising banners jewelry stores are a reminder that it is produced in the North.



As I wrote - Magadan zaglyuchil my sixth iPhone. When connected to a network gadget said that is necessary to download the new firmware, weighing two and a half gigabytes. Given the speed of the hotel wi-fi it would have gone 70 hours. So I had to become a subscriber of "Beeline" and buy the 3G modem. Of course, he rescued me great, but for some reason, Apple's official website twice dropped the load.



The building with the clock is considered one of the symbols of Magadan:



Magadan hills give the primitive grandeur:



Golden-domed Holy Trinity Cathedral in height of 70 meters was consecrated in 2011, the year of Patriarch Kirill. At night, he looks no less amazing.



Visiting the roof, we went to one of the most important memorials of the city. 15-meter monument "Mask of Sorrow" is dedicated to the victims of political repression. Sculptor majestic colossus - Ernst Neizvestny. Powerful impression! The central part - a person's face from the left eye which tears flow. Right eye - in the form of a window with bars. Inside the memorial is a copy of a prison cell.



The monument was unveiled in 1996. It is located on a hill, which the locals call "cool". Previously, there was a staging post "transit cell." This is where the prisoners were sent to different camps of Kolyma.



In Magadan did not feel the spirit of the camps. On the last prison resembles a monument "Mask of Sorrow».



From hero to the prisoner one step. Great Soviet scientist Sergei Korolev worked at a gold mine Maldyak. He was accused in the so-called sabotage. Pre tortured and broke both jaws. In the 40th he returned to Moscow, where he was again sentenced to prison. This time for eight years.



Similar carbide lights lit trails working mines:



Panorama of the city:



The private sector is vaguely reminiscent of "District №9». Although I think in other Russian cities the situation is no better.



Yes, a bit dull and gray, but fresh. The air is so clean that after Chelyabinsk could not breathe.



Only in CHP. Runs on coal, which is imported from the Kemerovo region.



Against the background of huge piles of coal yellow tractor seems toy. Interestingly, there will be enough of these stocks for the winter?





Picture somehow inspired by a line from a sad song, "Lonely at home here as I would not go crazy ...»



Mammoth - creative projects of Magadan architect Yuri Rudenko. Assembled from scrap metal, so skin looks like a huge animal clockwork with gears and bolts. Because of the rainy monument rust, but it seems to the author and sought.



Magadan mammoth symbolizes the time, and it is known, does not spare anyone.



At Mammoth pretty sad eyes. Apparently, he grew up, but did not find her mother-mamontihu.



Parking at the monument is even nothing. Apparently a popular place.



Traditionally: City eyes quadrocopter:



Four-meter iron mammoth weighs six tons. Against the background of minibuses it looks husky:



Though Magadan, but the view of the sea:



There were times when prisoners received double punishment: 10 years and 10 years of mine life in Magadan settlements. Prisoners were lodged in these houses:



After a tour of the city went to the sea to get acquainted with kiters. Rusty pot on the bank could not identify our attendant local historian Alexei Krylov. Perhaps this is the famous ghost ship.



Given the lousy the weather and cold water, shake your hand athletes. They are real men. In the next posts will tell you about one of the oldest Russian kiters, who, despite his age, still afloat.





View of the port of Magadan:



At sunset quadrocopter launched into the air. Then I did not know what awaits us on the flight helicopter MI-8.



Total: Magadan - a good city and not a convict. Here you can relax from the hustle and breathe deeply.



But I can not imagine that I ever decide to settle in it. Firstly, air travel here are some unrealistic money. Although it is logical, because to fly to Moscow 7, 5 hours. The main problem Magadan - people are not planning to live here until the end. Therefore does not surround himself infrastructure, setting themselves the task to earn "north retire" and go somewhere else.



Secondly, with the Internet are all very difficult. Bezlimitka 512 f / s (approximately 1/40 of the Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk high neta) stands here 79 (!!!) thousand. It's crazy easy! Therefore, all the Magadan sitting in a network with payment traffic.



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