Ukhta
Ухта
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • KomiУква
View of Ukhta from Vetlosyan
View of Ukhta from Vetlosyan
Coat of arms of Ukhta
Coat of arms
Location of Ukhta
Map
Ukhta is located in Russia
Ukhta
Ukhta
Location of Ukhta
Ukhta is located in Komi Republic
Ukhta
Ukhta
Ukhta (Komi Republic)
Coordinates: 63°34′N 53°42′E / 63.567°N 53.700°E / 63.567; 53.700
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKomi Republic[1]
Founded1929
Town status since1943
Government
 • MayorGrigory Konenkov
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total99,591
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
97,087 (−2.5%)
 • Rank166th in 2010
 • Subordinated totown of republic significance of Ukhta[1]
 • Capital oftown of republic significance of Ukhta[1]
 • Urban okrugUkhta Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofUkhta Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
169300
Dialing code(s)+7 8216[7]
OKTMO ID87725000001
Websitemouhta.ru

Ukhta (Russian: Ухта́; Komi: Уква, Ukva) is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic of Russia. Population: 97,899 (2021 Census);[8] 99,591 (2010 Census);[2] 103,340 (2002 Census);[9] 110,548 (1989 Census).[10]

It was previously known as Chibyu (until 1939).

History

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.[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1943 when it was linked to the Pechora Railway.[citation needed] To the east of the town is Sosnogorsk, and to the southwest—Yarega. In addition to its rail link, Ukhta also has an airport.

The town expanded in the 1940s and 1950s by use of political prisoners' forced labor (see: gulag).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four urban-type settlements (Borovoy, Vodny, Shudayag, and Yarega) and thirteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Ukhta—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Ukhta is incorporated as Ukhta Urban Okrug.[4]

Economy

Ukhta lies within the Timan-Pechora 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 have been a few gas pipeline explosions at a distance of Eight kilometres (five miles) from the town since the 1990s.

Climate

Ukhta has a continental subarctic climate[11] (Dfc) with long, cold winters and short, warm summers. Compared with areas at a similar latitude in Siberia, winters are less extreme, but still much longer than summer and bitterly cold by European standards.

Climate data for Ukhta
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5) 		3.0
(37.4) 		13.0
(55.4) 		23.8
(74.8) 		30.1
(86.2) 		33.5
(92.3) 		35.2
(95.4) 		32.5
(90.5) 		27.4
(81.3) 		20.0
(68.0) 		8.2
(46.8) 		3.6
(38.5) 		35.2
(95.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −13.1
(8.4) 		−10.9
(12.4) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		4.6
(40.3) 		12.0
(53.6) 		19.0
(66.2) 		22.1
(71.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		10.7
(51.3) 		2.8
(37.0) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−10.6
(12.9) 		3.8
(38.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −16.5
(2.3) 		−14.7
(5.5) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		6.3
(43.3) 		13.3
(55.9) 		16.5
(61.7) 		12.4
(54.3) 		6.9
(44.4) 		0.4
(32.7) 		−8.9
(16.0) 		−13.8
(7.2) 		−0.5
(31.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −20.0
(−4.0) 		−18.1
(−0.6) 		−10.9
(12.4) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		1.5
(34.7) 		8.2
(46.8) 		11.6
(52.9) 		8.4
(47.1) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−11.3
(11.7) 		−17.2
(1.0) 		−4.2
(24.4)
Record low °C (°F) −48.5
(−55.3) 		−43.9
(−47.0) 		−39.2
(−38.6) 		−28.4
(−19.1) 		−16.9
(1.6) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		−8.8
(16.2) 		−26.4
(−15.5) 		−37.8
(−36.0) 		−49.0
(−56.2) 		−49.0
(−56.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 32
(1.3) 		26
(1.0) 		29
(1.1) 		28
(1.1) 		44
(1.7) 		66
(2.6) 		71
(2.8) 		69
(2.7) 		54
(2.1) 		55
(2.2) 		40
(1.6) 		39
(1.5) 		553
(21.8)
Source: Weatherbase[12]
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19392,700—    
195936,154+1239.0%
197062,923+74.0%
197987,467+39.0%
1989110,548+26.4%
2002103,340−6.5%
201099,591−3.6%
202179,899−19.8%
Source: Census data

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #16-RZ
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Law #11-RZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ "dialing codes ref".
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  9. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). 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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. ^ 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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  11. ^ "Ukhta, Russia Climate Summary". Weatherbase. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  12. ^ "Ukhta, Russia Travel Weather Averages". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on February 19, 2013.

Sources

External links

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