Although Russians had known about the Vorkuta river since the second half of the 18th century, settlements on its banks were not built until the 1930s. The emergence of settlements was connected with the exploration of the Pechora Coal Field, whose boundaries and reserves had been surveyed by 1932. The same year witnessed the construction of the f...

Population: 88 thousand people (Komistat's data for January 1, 2013) Area: 24180 sq.km. Sergey Tsherbak. Vorkuta Modern Vorkuta is a large center of coal mining and organizational...

Coat of arms Vorkuta received the coat of arms on April 20, 1971. The symbol of the city was approved by the decision of the Vorkuta Executive Committee of People's Deputies. The author of ...

Vorkuta is connected with the center of Russia by railway, and there is daily train service between Moscow and Vorkuta. There are also flights to/from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Syktyvkar. The time-table could be found here: komiaviatrans.ru The railway line through the Urals to Labytnangi connects Vorkuta with Western Siberia. There may be a prob...

WATERFALL Khalmer-Yu The cliffs are located 15 km from the northwest of the Khalmer-Yu community, at the divide of the Silovoyakha and Khalmeryu rivers. The height of the cliffs is up to 60 m. The waterfall on the Khalmeryu river - one of the largest waterfalls of the European part of Russia - is situated 25 km to the north of the Khalmer-Yu comm...

The Forest Wildlife Preserve “Enganepe" The Forest Wildlife Preserve “Enganepe" was established by the Council of Ministers of the Komi ASSR on Sept. 26, 1989 by N 193 "On organization of New Reserves and Natural Monuments in the Komi ASSR" with the purpose to preserve the part of mountain forests typical for northern taiga. In the preserve the fu...