Ukhta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Uchta)
Jump to: navigation, search

Coordinates: 63°34′N 53°42′E / 63.567, 53.7

A view from the West
A view from the West

Ukhta or Uchta (Russian: Ухта) is an important industrial city in the Komi Republic of northwestern Russia. Population: 103,340 (2002 Census); 110,548 (1989 Census).

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.

Ukhta 1950s
Ukhta 1950s

On July 11, 2005, a gas explosion killed sixteen people in a shop. According to a police source the explosion was caused by a gas canister.


Coat of arms of the Komi Republic Cities and towns in the Komi Republic Flag of Komi
Capital: Syktyvkar

Inta | Mikun | Pechora | Sosnogorsk | Ukhta | Usinsk | Vorkuta | Vuktyl | Yemva
 This Northwestern Russia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukhta"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.