Ukhta

For the place previously called Ukhta, see Kalevala (urban-type settlement).
Ukhta (English)
Ухта (Russian)
-  Town  -

A view of Ukhta from Vetlosyan

Location of the Komi Republic in Russia
Ukhta
Coordinates:
Coat of arms
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Komi Republic
Municipal status
Mayor Oleg Kazartsev
Statistics
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)		 99,642 inhabitants[1]
- Rank in 2010 167th
Population (2002 Census) 103,340 inhabitants[2]
- Rank in 2002 156th
Time zone MSD (UTC+04:00)[3]
Founded 1929
Postal code(s) 169300
Dialing code(s) +7 8214[4]
Official website

Ukhta (Russian: Ухта; Komi: Уква, Ukva) is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic of Russia. Population: 99,642 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 103,340 (2002 Census);[2] 110,548 (1989 Census).[5]

Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century. In the mid-19th century, industrialist M. K. Sidorov started to drill for oil in this area. It was one of the first oil wells in Russia. There was homecraft oil-field in 1920–1921 in Ukhta. Lying on the river of the same name, the settlement was founded as the village of Chibyu in 1929, but in 1939 it was renamed Ukhta. It received the town status in 1943 when it was linked to the Pechora Railway. To the east of the city is Sosnogorsk, and to the southwest Yarega. As well as its rail link Ukhta also has an airport.

Ukhta lies within the Pechora River basin, an important oil and gas-producing region. The oilfields lie just south of the city. Some of the Ukhta's oil is refined locally; most, however, is piped to oil refineries between St. Petersburg and Moscow. There were a few gas pipeline explosions at a distance of five miles from the town since 1990s.

The city expanded in the 1940s and 1950s by use of political prisoners' forced labour.

On July 11, 2005, a Molotov cocktail killed 25 people in a shop.[6] According to a police source the explosion was caused by a gas canister.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  2. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  3. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
  4. ^ [my-phone.ru "dialing codes ref"]. my-phone.ru. 
  5. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  6. ^ http://www.echo.msk.ru/news/259402.html

External links

Capital: Syktyvkar
Cities and towns
Inta · Mikun · Pechora · Sosnogorsk · Ukhta · Usinsk · Vorkuta · Vuktyl · Yemva
Administrative districts
Khariyaga -
Usinsk - Ukhta
Route
Khariyaga oil-field – KhariyagaE – UsaP (Usinsk) – SyinyaP – PechoraP – ChikshinoP – ZelenoborskP – TayezhnayaP – UkhtaE С
Operator
PLC North Trunk Petrol Pipeline is affiliated undertaking of Transneft
Ukhta-Yaroslavl
Route
UkhtaE С – SindorP – MikunP – UrdomaP – PrivodinoP – NuksenitsaP – PogorelovoP – GryazovetsP – YaroslavlP – YaroslavlnefteorgsintezR – PalkinoE С (Myshkin)
Operator
PLC North Trunk Petrol Pipeline is affiliated undertaking of Transneft
Yaroslavl-
Kirishi-Primorsk
Route
YaroslavlP – YaroslavlnefteorgsintezR – PalkinoEС (Myshkin) – PravdinoP – PravdinoP – BykovoP – PesP – KirishiE С – Kinef R – NevskayaP – SestroretskayaP – Primorsk – Primorsk sea port
Operator
PLC Druzhba Pipeline is affiliated undertaking of Transneft
E Pipe-end oil-pumping station; P Oil-pumping station; С Сrude oil delivery and acceptance point; R Oil refinery plant;