Ambarchik

Ambarchik

Ambarchik ( _ru. Амбарчик) is a small port settlement near the Kolyma River empties into the East Siberian Sea, high above the Arctic circle. Located in the Northeast Sakha Republic of Russia, it was a site of Soviet forced labor camp in the 1930s. [cite book
title=Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the West
last=Bollinger
first=Martin J.
publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group
isbn=0275981002
year=2003
location=Westport, CT
] It is the main port on the East Siberian Sea, but is only navigable during August and September.

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