Butugychag
Butugychag was a tin, gold and uranium mine and a former forced labour camp in the Kolyma region of North-Eastern Russia, present-day Magadan Oblast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Ruin
- Description: tin, gold and uranium mine in North-Eastern Russia
- Also known as: “Butögöchag”, “Butugychak”, “Butygychag”, “Nizhniy Butugychag”, and “Razvaliny Verkhniy Butugychag”
Butugychag
- Categories: prison labour camp, tin mine, gold mine, uranium mine, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Butugychag” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бутугичаг”
- Chinese: “布圖吉查格礦坑”
- Dutch: “Boetoegytsjag”
- French: “Boutougytchag”
- Russian: “Бутугычаг”
- Russian: “Развалины Верхний Бутугычаг”
- Swedish: “Butugytjag”
- Ukrainian: “Бутугичаг”
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