Pechora

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city Pechora Печора ( Russian ) Печӧра ( Komi ) coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Komi Rajon Pechora mayor Vladimir Mennikov Founded 1942 City since 1949 surface 28,900  km² population 43,105 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1.5 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 50  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 82142 Post Code 169600-169665 License Plate 11, 111 OKATO 87 420 Website www.pechora-portal.ru Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 8 ′  N , 57 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 65 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 57 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Komi Republic

List of cities in Russia

Pechora ( Russian Печо́ра , Komi Печӧра , scientific transliteration Pečöra ) is a town with 43,105 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Komi republic in northern Russia . It is located on the right bank of the river of the same name , 588 kilometers northeast of the republic capital Syktywkar , and is the capital of the raion of the same name .

The closest city is Ussinsk about 100 km from Pechora.

history

The place was created in the years 1937–1942 with the construction of the railway line known as the Pechora Railway, which could be used as an important supply route during the Leningrad blockade in World War II . Several tens of thousands of Gulag prisoners were used as slave labor during the construction of the line, which was extended to Vorkuta at the end of the 1940s .

From 1941 workers' settlements were built near the newly built railway station and the inland port on the Pechora, which were officially united to form the town of Pechora in 1949. The hydronym Pechora is ascribed to Samoyed languages and means "forest people".

Until its dissolution in 1959 the management of the labor camp was in Pechora Petschorski that the Gulag was one system.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	30,586
1970	37,803
1979	56,361
1989	64,746
2002	48,700
2010	43.105

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Pechora thermal power station

Pechora is a regionally important hub for freight traffic. Among other things, coal is loaded from the rails onto the river here. In addition to the inland port, there is a shipyard here. An important operation in Petschora is a thermal power station that belongs to the energy company OGK-3 . In addition, crude oil is extracted around Pechora and transported to Yaroslavl by pipeline .

In addition to the port, the city's train station is another important cargo handling point, from which there are also connections to other regions of Russia. There is also a regional airport in the city.

climate

• Annual average wind speed - 3.7 m / s
• Annual average humidity - 77%

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Печора Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -15 -13 -5 -3 9 17th 21st 17th 10 1 -7 -12 O 1.7 Min. Temperature (° C) -23 -22 -16 -8th -1 7th 11 8th 3 -4 -14 -20 O −6.5 Temperature (° C) -20 -17 -9 -3 3 11 16 12 6th -2 -10 -16 O −2.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 39 32 31 32 37 48 60 77 65 60 53 48 Σ 582 T e m p e r a t u r -15 -23 -13 -22 -5 -16 -3 -8th 9 -1 17th 7th 21st 11 17th 8th 10 3 1 -4 -7 -14 -12 -20 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 39 32 31 32 37 48 60 77 65 60 53 48   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Погода и климат

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Petschora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pechora on mojgorod.ru (Russian)