The Road Of Bones - Hitchhiking Russia's Most Dangerous Road "Kolyma" (Magadan - Yakutsk)

In summer 2021 I went to Far East the second time in my life. I began my journey in Magadan - the capital city of Kolyma. This area has bad reputation in mass mind. Magadan is often associated with prisoners because it used to be one of the biggest GULAG distribution centers in USSR. Magadan in connected with the mainland of Russia by Kolyma Highway, also known as The Road Of Bones - one of the most dangerous roads in Russia. In this video, my comrade and I hitchhike from Magadan to Yakutsk by Kolyma Highway, explore abandoned ghost towns on the road of bones, meet people and experience various aspects of the most empty state of Russia.

Key moments:

00:00 - Introduction to Kolyma
01:18 - Magadan
03:19 - Cost of living in Magadan
06:33 - Ghost fishermen village of Novostroyka
11:33 - Grocery prices in Magadan
13:48 - Mask of Sorrow monument
14:07 - Oligarch's village
16:58 - Ghost village of Karamken
20:07 - Kolyma Highway
21:18 - Recently resettled Atka village and difficulties of local life
23:22 - Ghost settlements on the road of bones, glaciers and forest fire
24:27 - Emergency life support station
25:10 - Creepy walk around ghost village and spending night there
31:39 - Kolyma river
31:51 - Urban locality of Sinegorye: hydroelectric power plant and empty houses
33:44 - The village of Debin
34:14 - The town of Susuman
36:24 - Funny talk with a truck driver
37:54 - Ghost town of Kadykchan
41:36 - Truck surfing by Kolyma Highway
43:18 - Long day in Ust'-Nera - half of the way
45:10 - Experience accident hospitality
45:42 - Sanya, the truck driver
46:34 - Hitchhiking with Sanya on his truck
47:24 - Crossing river
49:37 - Cuba: the gas station you can't drive by
50:08 - Time zones border
50:29 - Fixing the truck in the middle of nowhere
51:08 - Exploring glacier
53:17 - Black Squeeze - the deadliest place on the Kolyma Highway
55:00 - Khandyga - we are finally in civilization
55:32 - Aldan river and ferry
55:50 - Burned-out forest after the fire
56:56 - Russians are just made different
57:48 - Fell yourself a cowboy
58:06 - Nizhniy Bestyakh (Yakutsk)
59:10 - Map (without side trip to Novostroyka)

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