Ust-Zilma

Selo Ust-Zilma Усть-Цильма ( Russian ) Чилимдін ( Komi ) coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Komi Rajon Ust-Zilemski Founded 1542 population 4877 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 82141 Post Code 169480 License Plate 11, 111 OKATO 87 252 840 001 Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 26 '  N , 52 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 65 ° 26 '2 "  N , 52 ° 9' 3"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Komi Republic

Ust-Zilma ( Russian Усть-Ци́льма , Komi Чилимдін ) is a village (Selo) in the Komi Republic in Russia with 4877 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 425 km as the crow flies northeast of the republic capital Syktyvkar on the right bank of the Pechora . On the opposite bank, the rivers Zilma and Pischma flow into the Pechora.

Ust-Zilma is the administrative center of the Rajons Ust-Zilemski and seat of the rural community selskoje posselenije Ust-Zilma ( сельское поселение "Усть-Цильма" ).

history

Panorama of Ust-Zilma with the St. Nicholas Cathedral at the beginning of the 20th century.

The place was founded in 1542 by the Novgorod Iwaschka Dmitrijew Lastka, who was awarded the use of the land on the Pechora in a document of Ivan the Terrible . The first inhabitants of the place lived mainly from fishing, hunting, the fur trade and agriculture. In the 17th and 18th centuries, due to persecution in the Russian Empire, numerous Old Believers settled in the region. Ust-Zima became an important trading center on the Pechora and at the end of the 19th century had 1,100 buildings with over 4,000 inhabitants.

In 1899 the place became the administrative center of the Pechorsky Ujesd ( Печорский уезд ) within the Arkhangelsk Governorate and in 1929 the administrative center of the newly created Ust-Zilemski Rajon, which at that time became the Autonomous Oblast Komi (from 1936 Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic of the Komi ) belonged to.

In 1932 Ust-Zilma became the center of the shipping fleet on the Pechora. In the same year an airport was built east of the town. Large factories for the production of dairy products, chamois leather and wood processing were built in the 1930s and 1940s .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2114
1939	4228
1959	4428
1970	5370
1979	5498
1989	5344
2002	5081
2010	4877

Note: census data

Culture

The village is regionally known for the Gorka of Ust-Zilma ( Усть-Цилемская Горка ), a traditional folk festival that takes place twice a year on Ivan Kupala Day (July 7th) and on Peter and Paul (July 12th).

A large part of the population belongs to the Old Orthodox Pomoran Church . In 2013, the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra ( Храм Николая Чудотворца ) was completed in Ust-Zilma . The church is one of the largest old Orthodox Pomorian church buildings built after the October Revolution.

The Shuravsky Museum is located in Ust-Zilma ( Усть-Цилемский историко-мемориальный музей А.В.Журавского ).

Economy and Transport

The most important industries in Ust-Zilma are the forest industry, agriculture and food production.

The village is connected to the city of Syktyvkar by regional roads. The nearest train station is in Irajol on the Kotlas  - Vorkuta route . A regular bus service serves the train station from Ust-Zilma. The small regional airport Ust-Zilma is located about two kilometers east of the village .

sons and daughters of the town

• Ilja Semikow (* 1993), cross-country skier

Web links

• Official website of the Ust-Zilemsky rajon (Russian)

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)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Official website of the Ust-Zilemski rajon (Russian), accessed on October 3, 2015
3. ↑ Gorka von Ust-Zilma on the official website of the Ust-Zilemski rajon (Russian), accessed on October 3, 2015
4. ↑ Church of St. Nicholas of Myra on sobory.ru (Russian), accessed October 3, 2015
5. ↑ Entry by the museum on museum.ru (Russian), accessed on October 3, 2015