Editing Magadan (section)

==Culture and religion==
===Culture===
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Магадан кинотеатр «Горняк».jpg|Gornyak Cinema
Магаданская научная библиотека им. А. С. Пушкина.jpg|[[:ru:Магаданская областная универсальная научная библиотека им. А. С. Пушкина|Pushkin Library]]
Magadan, theater, pic1.jpg|Magadan Theatre
Laika ac View from the Hotel Magadan (6457750839).jpg|Magadan Hotel 
Политехникум Магадан.jpg|Polytechnic Magadan
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It has a number of cultural institutions, including the Regional Museum of Anthropology, a geological museum, a regional library and a university. ''[[Magadanskaya Pravda]]'' is the main newspaper.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The town figures prominently in the [[gulag]] literature of [[Varlam Shalamov]] and in the eponymous song by [[Mikhail Krug]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Actor of film and stage [[Georgiy Zhzhonov]] worked at Magadan Theatre for two years after being released from a gulag in May 1945.<ref name=cross>{{cite web | title=Georgiy Zhzhonov's Russian Cross | website=ФОНД РУССКИЙ МИР | date=21 March 2015 | url=https://russkiymir.ru/en/publications/188298/ | access-date=17 August 2022 | archive-date=June 5, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605091119/http://russkiymir.ru/en/publications/188298/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Magadan was home to {{Interlanguage link|Eastern Syndrome|ru|Восточный синдром}} a Soviet and Russian rock group founded there in 1986.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The town was a focal point of the ''[[Long Way Round]]'' TV series of a motorcycle journey made by [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Charley Boorman]] and their team in 2004.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

===Religion===
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Валаам - Гефсиманский скит.jpg|Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh 
Магаданский Троицкий собор. Фасад.jpg|[[:ru:Троицкий собор (Магадан)|Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity]]
Собор Святого Духа в Магадане.png|Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
Magadan-church-winter.jpg|[[Church of the Nativity (Magadan)|Church of the Nativity]]
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The town features the recent [[Russian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] [[:ru:Троицкий собор (Магадан)|Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity]] (completed in 2008), and the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Church of the Nativity (Magadan)|Church of the Nativity]] (completed in 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=Magadan, Russian Federation: Catholic Parish of the Nativity of Jesus
|website=The Catholic Travel Guide
|url=https://thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/russian-federation/magadan/
|access-date=2020-09-07}}</ref>), among others.

===Memorials===
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Laika ac Magadan (6457749985).jpg|Magadan Coat of Arms
Laika ac Lenin in Magadan (6457761441).jpg|Lenin monument
Мемориальный_комплекс_жертвам_политических_репрессий.jpg|[[Mask of Sorrow]]
Магадан, парк, памятник Ленину - panoramio.jpg| Lenin monument
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The [[Mask of Sorrow]] memorial, a large sculpture in memory of Stalin's victims, was designed by [[Ernst Neizvestny]]. The Church of the Nativity ministers to survivors of the labor camps. It is staffed by several priests and nuns.

===Sport===
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Чаша. Марчеканская сопка.jpg|skiing in [[:ru:Марчеканская сопка|Marchekanskaya]]
Магадан Дворец спорта.jpg|Magadan Palace of Sports
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