Magadan City Tour with museum visits FEM01

Overview

Founded in 1929 as the industrial community for development of mineral resources. In 1930s-1950s city was an administrative center of Dalstroy structure created for coordination of mining and road building on base of forced labor of Gulag prisoners (previously subordinated directly to the Central Committee of Bolsheviks' Party and then reassigned to NKVD). After Stalin's death (1953) forced labor of prisoners had been gradually replaced for the labor of hired workers. In 1957 Dalstroy was liquidated and its functions were given to local civil administration. Now Magadan is important regional center of Russian Far East and port on the Sea of Okhotsk.

Itinerary

During 6-hour city sightseeing tour you will be acquainted with the main places of interest of Magadan city. Historical center of the city is formed with buildings of 1950s in neoclassical Stalin’s style. You will see two interesting sculptures: The Mammoth made by local sculptor Yuri Rudenko from… scrap-metal and The Mask of Sorrow created by famous Russian sculptor Ernst Neizvestny (1996) and devoted to all victims of political repressions in Russia in communist epoch.

Visiting Magadan museums: Museum of Local Lore (exposition presents ethnography, nature, history of Magadan city and history of Gulag), Museum of Natural History with one of the best in the World collections of meteorites, Apartment Museum of Vadim Kozin, famous Soviet tenor of 1930s-1950s who spent considerable part of his life at the Kolyma camps where he twice served a sentence for homosexuality (he was never officially rehabilitated and remained in exile in Magadan until his death).

Rates

Price per person, EUR

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All the costs are valid at the date of publication and are subject to reconfirmation at the time of booking.

It’s possible to arrange guides with other languages upon request.