A lyrical digression (opens in new tab)

We’d checked out the Natalka gold-ore deposit and the mining-and-processing plant of the same name – but what else was worth a contemplative look at there – further down Route 44N-4 (also known as the Tenkinskaya Highway, or just Palatka–Kulu–Neksikan)? Why – the settlement of Ust-Omchug: Here it is on the map. Yes, it’s very, very far away. But not too far from Magadan :)