Ukhta
Ukhta (Russian: Ухта́; Komi: Уква, Ukva) is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic, Russia. It was known as Chibyu before 1939.
| Ukhta (English) Ухта (Russian) Уква (Komi) | |
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| - Town[1] - | |
 View of Ukhta from Vetlosyan | |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic[1] |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of republic significance of Ukhta[1] |
| Municipal status | |
| Urban okrug | Ukhta Urban Okrug[2] |
| Mayor | Grigory Konenkov |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 99,591 inhabitants[3] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 166th |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+04:00) |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Town status since | 1943 |
| Postal code(s) | 169300 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8216[4] |
| Official website | |
History
Ukhta was founded in 1929 as an oil drilling village. It was given town status in 1943. As well as a link to the Pechora Railway, Ukhta has a small airport. The town was used in the gulag in the 1940s and 1950s by the Soviet Union.
Economy
Ukhta is located in the Timan-Pechora Basin, a major oil and gas-producing region in the Komi Republic. Its oilfields are located to the south of the town. Most of the town's oil is refined in oil refineries in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, although some is refined locally.
Climate
Ukhta has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) with long, cold winters and short, warm summers. Winters in Ukhta are less extreme compared to areas at a similar latitude in Siberia, although still very cold from a European point of view.
| 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) |
8.2 (46.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
| Average high °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) |
-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) |
-13.8 (7.2) |
-0.5 (31.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | -20.0 (-4) |
-18.1 (-0.6) |
-10.9 (12.4) |
-5.0 (23) |
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) |
-4.2 (24.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | -48.5 (-55.3) |
-43.9 (-47) |
-39.2 (-38.6) |
-28.4 (-19.1) |
-16.9 (1.6) |
-4.2 (24.4) |
-0.4 (31.3) |
-3.9 (25) |
-8.8 (16.2) |
-26.4 (-15.5) |
-37.8 (-36) |
-49.0 (-56.2) |
-49.0 (-56.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 32 (1.26) |
26 (1.02) |
29 (1.14) |
28 (1.1) |
44 (1.73) |
66 (2.6) |
71 (2.8) |
69 (2.72) |
54 (2.13) |
55 (2.17) |
40 (1.57) |
39 (1.54) |
553 (21.77) |
| Source: Weatherbase[5] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman
- Dmitri Aliev, Olympic figure skater
- Aleksandr Chupriyan, Minister of Emergency Situations
- Olga Fonda, actress
- Sergei Kapustin, hockey player
- Viktor Alexandrovič Lyapkalo, painter
- Eduard Rossel, Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Yulia Samoilova, Russian singer
- Alexander Sukhorukov, Olympic swimmer
- Arsen Pavlov, Former commander of Donetsk Seperatist militia "Sparta Battalion"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #16-RZ
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- ↑ "Ukhta, Russia Travel Weather Averages". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on February 19, 2013.