Pechora (; ) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (; ), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital city, capital is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Syktyvka ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is . Population:

History

Pechora was granted town status in 1950. Pechora was also the site of a Stalin-era

gulag The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

that operated from 1932 to 1953, although it was partially emptied in 1941 as many of the inmates were forced into service in the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

. There is a dedicated room at the Pechora museum where they display many of the records and artifacts that were recovered from the gulag. "Pechora" translates to "cave" in Ukrainian.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Pechora is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories (comprising the urban-type settlements of Kozhva and Puteyets and eleven rural localities) and four rural-type settlement administrative territories (comprising seventeen rural localities), incorporated as the town of republic significance of Pechora—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #16-RZ As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Pechora is incorporated as Pechora Municipal District; the town of Pechora is incorporated within it as Pechora Urban Settlement.Law #11-RZ The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.

Local government

Heads of the Pechora Urban Settlement: * Vladimir Mennikov ( United Russia), October 2008 - October 2012 * Konstantin Garkais (United Russia), 18 October 2012 - 25 December 2012 * Vladimir Anischik (United Russia), 25 December 2012 - September 2015 * Alexander Shabanov ( A Just Russia), September 2015 - 30 September 2021 * Alexander Baka (United Russia), 30 September 2021 - current

Transportation

The town is served by the Pechora Airport and the Pechora Railway.

Military

Pechora Kamenka military air base and Pechora Radar Station are located nearby.

Climate

Pechora has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''Dfc''). Winters are very cold, with average low temperatures in January of in January. Summers are mild, with average high temperatures in July of .

Precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwe ...

is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.

References

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External links

Pechora. History. Nature
{{Authority control Cities and towns in the Komi Republic