Uchta

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city Uchta Ухта ( Russian ) Уква ( Komi ) coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Komi Urban district Uchta mayor Roman Melnik Founded 1929 Earlier names Chibju City since 1943 surface 13,200  km² population 99,591 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 7.5 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 82147 Post Code 169300-169319 License Plate 11, 111 OKATO 87 425 Website http://mouhta.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 34 '  N , 53 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 34 '0 "  N , 53 ° 42' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Komi Republic

List of cities in Russia

Uchta ( Russian Ухта , [ uxˈta ]; Komi Уква , scientific transliteration Ukva , also transcribed Ukwa ) is a city in the Komi republic in northwestern Russia , on the Ukhta River . It has 99,591 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

climate

Street scene

The climate in the urban area is cold-temperate continental, with a humid character. Temperatures averaged −17.5 ° C in January and +15.3 ° C in July. The annual rainfall is 700 mm.

history

The city was created in the 1930s as part of the development of the resource-rich north. Founded on August 21, 1929, initially as a small settlement called Tschibju (Чибью), on November 20, 1943 it received the status of a city under the name of Uchta (Ухта).

The new Uchta, built by prisoners exiled by armies, is a conglomerate of residential buildings, mixed with office and industrial buildings, spacious streets and squares, in keeping with the taste of then and later times. Later, the city became increasingly an industrial center, to which people moved voluntarily, as better wages were paid in the north. Even today the inhabitants of Ukhta have relatively good wages due to the booming oil and gas industry.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,669
1959	36,154
1970	62,923
1979	87,467
1989	110,548
2002	103,340
2010	99,591

Note: census data

economy

Uchta is located in a region with rich oil and gas deposits. The most important branches of industry are oil, wood and metal processing as well as the building materials industry.

sons and daughters of the town

• Dmitri Aliyev (* 1999), figure skater
• Olga Fonda (* 1982), actress and international model
• Sergei Kapustin (1953–1995), ice hockey player
• Arsen Pavlov (1983-2016), militia leader
• Alexei Petrov (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Iwan Pronin (* 1947), cross-country skier
• Julija Samoilowa (* 1989), singer
• Alexander Suchorukow (* 1988), swimmer

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 : Ukhta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city (Russian)
• Uchta (Russian)
• Ukhta on mojgorod.ru (Russian)