The Republic Komi (Республика Коми) located in Northwest Russia. To the west of it lies the oblast Arkhangelsk, south are the oblast Kirov, the region Perm and the oblast Sverdlovsk. In the east are the autonomous districts of the Chanting and manners and the Yamal-Nenets, in the north is the Autonomous Okrug Nenets.
Regions
Republic of Komi with R176
places
- 1 Syktyvkar
- Capital of the region and the only city of great tourist interest - 2 Inta - Small town, seat of one Gulag
- 3 Mikun
- 4 Pechora - Small town on the river of the same name, starting point for the Yugyd Va National Park
- 5 Sosnogorsk formerly Ischma, old village with wooden houses
- 6 Uchta - Industrial city, oil fields in the area
- 7 Ussinsk - more oil
- 8 Ust-Zilma - An old village on the Pechora, populated mainly by Russian Old Believers with numerous well-preserved examples of wooden architecture and rich folk traditions
- 9 Vorkuta - A coal mining town on the tundra that was home to one of the most notorious gulags in the USSR from the Stalin era and one of the closest airports to the beautiful but inhospitable polar Ural Mountains
- 10 Yb - an old Komi village near Syktyvkar, consisting of seven small villages on seven hills along the 15 km long river Sysola. Tourists and pilgrims visit unique natural and orthodox objects. On the basis of the village, a tourist complex "Finno-Ugric Ethnocultural Park" is being built.
Other goals
- 1 Primeval forests of Komi (Девственные леса Коми).Located in the Northern Ural Mountains in the Russian Republic of Komi. They are the largest contiguous primeval forest area in Europe and have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.
- 3 Yugyd Va National Park - largest European national park, second largest Russian after the Beringia National Park in Chukotka, at the same time one of the most beautiful.
- 4 Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve - Heart of the World Heritage Site "Primeval Forests of Komi" on the western slopes of the Urals, seat of the Manpupunjor rock formations
background
Manpupunjor rock formation
Komi
The Komi Republic is the original settlement area of the ethnic groups Komi. Your language belongs to the group of Finno-Ugric languages. In addition to Russian, the official language is also Komi.
language
getting there
- By car: From Moscow on the
to Syktyvkar approx. 1,300 km. - By plane: From the little one 1 Syktyvkat Airport(IATA: SCW) there are connections to Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Arkhangelsk, among others.
- By Rail: From Moscow via Kotlas (Arkhangelsk Oblast) to Syktyvkar.
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Web links
http://www.rkomi.ru - Official website of the Komi Republic
