Ukhta

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Town in the Komi Republic, Russia

title: "Ukhta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-the-komi-republic", "cities-and-towns-built-in-the-soviet-union", "populated-places-established-in-1929", "1929-establishments-in-the-soviet-union", "1929-establishments-in-russia", "former-urban-type-settlements-of-the-komi-republic"] description: "Town in the Komi Republic, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukhta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in the Komi Republic, Russia ::

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FieldValue
en_nameUkhta
ru_nameУхта
loc_name1Уква
loc_lang1Komi
image_skylineViewFromVetlosyan.jpg
image_captionView of Ukhta from Vetlosyan
coordinates
image_coaCoat of Arms of Ukhta.svg
federal_subjectKomi Republic
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adm_inhabloc_jurtown of republic significance of Ukhta
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adm_ctr_of1town of republic significance of Ukhta
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inhabloc_catTown
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urban_okrug_jurUkhta Urban Okrug
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mun_admctr_of1Ukhta Urban Okrug
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leader_titleMayor
leader_nameGrigory Konenkov
pop_2010census99591
pop_2010census_rank166th
pop_2010census_ref
established_date1929
current_cat_date1943
postal_codes169300
dialing_codes8216
dialing_codes_ref
websitehttp://mouhta.ru
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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. It was granted town status in 1943 when it was linked to the Pechora Railway. 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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Ukhta is incorporated as Ukhta Urban Okrug.

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 (Dfc) with long, very 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.

|width = auto |location=Ukhta |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=2.5 |Feb record high C=3.0 |Mar record high C=13.0 |Apr record high C=23.8 |May record high C=30.1 |Jun record high C=33.5 |Jul record high C=35.2 |Aug record high C=32.5 |Sep record high C=27.4 |Oct record high C=20.0 |Nov record high C=8.2 |Dec record high C=3.6 |year record high C=35.2 |Jan high C=-13.1 |Feb high C=-10.9 |Mar high C = -2.4 |Apr high C = 4.6 |May high C = 12.0 |Jun high C = 19.0 |Jul high C = 22.1 |Aug high C = 17.3 |Sep high C = 10.7 |Oct high C = 2.8 |Nov high C = -6.0 |Dec high C = -10.6 |year high C = 3.8 |Jan mean C = -16.5 |Feb mean C = -14.7 |Mar mean C = -6.8 |Apr mean C = -0.5 |May mean C = 6.3 |Jun mean C = 13.3 |Jul mean C = 16.5 |Aug mean C = 12.4 |Sep mean C = 6.9 |Oct mean C = 0.4 |Nov mean C = -8.9 |Dec mean C = -13.8 |year mean C = -0.5 |Jan low C = -20.0 |Feb low C = -18.1 |Mar low C = -10.9 |Apr low C = -5.0 |May low C = 1.5 |Jun low C = 8.2 |Jul low C = 11.6 |Aug low C = 8.4 |Sep low C = 4.0 |Oct low C = -1.8 |Nov low C = -11.3 |Dec low C = -17.2 |year low C = -4.2 |Jan record low C = -48.5 |Feb record low C = -43.9 |Mar record low C = -39.2 |Apr record low C = -28.4 |May record low C = -16.9 |Jun record low C = -4.2 |Jul record low C = -0.4 |Aug record low C = -3.9 |Sep record low C = -8.8 |Oct record low C = -26.4 |Nov record low C = -37.8 |Dec record low C = -49.0 |year record low C = -49.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 32 |Feb precipitation mm = 26 |Mar precipitation mm = 29 |Apr precipitation mm = 28 |May precipitation mm = 44 |Jun precipitation mm = 66 |Jul precipitation mm = 71 |Aug precipitation mm = 69 |Sep precipitation mm = 54 |Oct precipitation mm = 55 |Nov precipitation mm = 40 |Dec precipitation mm = 39 |year precipitation mm = 553 |source = Weatherbase

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References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. "dialing codes ref".
  3. Law #16-RZ
  4. Law #11-RZ
  5. "Ukhta, Russia Climate Summary". Weatherbase.
  6. (2013). "Ukhta, Russia Travel Weather Averages". Weatherbase.

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