 During the late 1940s and early 1950s, it was the location of a gulag work camp.Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Chulman is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Chulman.As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chulman, together with one rural locality (the "selo" of Bolshoy Khatymi) under direct jurisdiction of Neryungrinsky District, is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Chulman Urban Settlement.