Debin is an urban locality in Yagodninsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. Population: 721 ; 921 ; 2,387. 40 kilometers upstream is Sinegorye and the Kolyma dam. Debin was founded in 1935 with the creation of a ferry point over the Kolyma, initially under the name Pereprava. In 1937 it was renamed for the Debin River, which joins the Kolyma a few kilom…Debin is an urban locality in Yagodninsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. Population: 721 ; 921 ; 2,387. 40 kilometers upstream is Sinegorye and the Kolyma dam. Debin was founded in 1935 with the creation of a ferry point over the Kolyma, initially under the name Pereprava. In 1937 it was renamed for the Debin River, which joins the Kolyma a few kilometers upstream from the settlement. During the era of the Gulag network, it was the base for one of the larger prison camps administered by Dalstroy in the Kolyma region, centred on using forced labour for gold mining.
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