![Kolyma](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0672%2F72%2F000006727215_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_Uy4gUG9kbGVzbm92ICM2NzI3MjE1_116%3A95_sputnik-6727215-preview_246880dde5c3fdaefb09a18d3d8ce9a5.jpg)
![Kolyma](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0672%2F72%2F000006727215_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_Uy4gUG9kbGVzbm92ICM2NzI3MjE1_116%3A95_sputnik-6727215-preview_246880dde5c3fdaefb09a18d3d8ce9a5.jpg)
The concept of Kolyma as a region was formed in the 1920s and 1930s, first due to the discovery of deposits of gold and other valuable resources in the basin of the Kolyma River, and then, during the mass repressions in 1932-1953, as a location of labor camps with extremely hard living and working conditions. A liquor store in Karamken, Khasynsky District of the Magadan Region.
- Categories: Labour, Lifestyle & Leisure, Environmental Issues, Social Issues
- Location: Magadan Region, Russia
- Event date: 09.01.1990
- Date published: 21.12.2021
- Author: S. Podlesnov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 90-312, 6x9 film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x6669px, 8.1Mb