Kolyma Highway Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Kolyma Highway
Built by prisoners using hand tools in the 1930s, at an immense human toll that earned it the nameRoad of Bones(Дорога Костей,Doróga Kostéy), the Kolyma Highway represents the unification of two road systems, one stretching east from🌍Yakutsk, the other north and west from the sea port of🌍Magadan. At varying points in history and times of year it has been possible to go from one end to the other, and in 2008 an 'all-seasons' road linking the two ends was completed. This also saw the road realigned north to go via Ust-Nera instead of Tomtor. The previous route, now known as the Southern Road (Южная дорогаYuzhnaya doroga), is still more or less maintained up to thePole of ColdatOymyakon, but is completely abandoned between Tomtor and Kadykchan. One of the ultimate adventures in thetaigaof
Kolyma Highway Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 6 sections including: