Ukhta

Uchta (Russian Ухта; komi Уква, scientific transliteration Ukva, also transcribed Ukwa ) is a town in the Komi Republic in the north- west part of Russia, on the River Uchta. She has ( as of October 14, 2010 ) 99 591 inhabitants.

Climate

The climate in the city area is kaltgemäßigt continental, with humid embossing. The temperatures in January average at -17.5 ° C and in July 15.3 ° C. The annual rainfall is 700 mm.

History

The result is the city in the 1930s, in the course of development of the resource-rich North. Founded on August 21, 1929 initially as a small settlement called Tschibju ( Чибью ), got it on 20th November 1943 city status under the name Uchta ( Ухта ).

The built up of armies exiled prisoners new Uchta is, quite the taste of the former and later times, a conglomerate of residential, mixed with office and industrial buildings, spacious streets and squares. Later, the city has increasingly become an industrial center, in which one moved voluntarily, as in the north better wages were paid. Even today, the people of Uchta, by the booming oil and gas industry, relatively good wages.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy

Uchta is located in a region rich in oil and natural gas deposits. The main industries are petroleum, wood, and metal processing as well as the building materials industry.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Sergei Kapustin Alexeyevich (1953-1997), Russian hockey player
• Alexei Vladimirovich Petrov ( b. 1983 ), Russian hockey player
• Alexander Nikolayevich Sukhorukov (* 1988), Russian swimmer