Vychegodsky () is an
urban locality (a
work settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the
town of oblast significance of
Kotlas
Kotlas () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population:
Kotlas is the third-largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of p ...
in
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast of the
oblast
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on the left bank of the
Vychegda River, east of Kotlas. Population:
History
Vychegodsky was founded in 1942 in connection with the construction of the North-Pechora trunk-railway. There are three secondary schools and one vocational technical school there.
Economy
Transportation
There is a railway station in Vychegodsky, called Solvychegodsk, on the railroad connecting Kotlas and
Vorkuta
Vorkuta (; ; Nenets languages, Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin a ...
. Vychegodsky is located on the road connecting Kotlas and
Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar (, , ; , ) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative center of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as Ust-Sysolsk after the Sysola, Sysola River.
Ety ...
via
Koryazhma and
Ilyinsko-Podomskoye.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Virtual world of Vychegodsky
{{Arkhangelsk Oblast
Urban-type settlements in Arkhangelsk Oblast