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Vorkuta
Воркута | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Komi | Вӧркута |
 Central Vorkuta | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Vorkuta  | |
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| Coordinates: 67°30′N 64°02′E / 67.500°N 64.033°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic[1] |
| Founded | January 4, 1936[2] |
| Town status since | November 26, 1943[2] |
| Government | |
| • Administration Manager[3] | Yaroslav Shaposhnikov[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.69 km2 (11.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 70,548 |
| • Rank | 224th in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | town of republic significance of Vorkuta[1] |
| • Capital of | town of republic significance of Vorkuta[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Vorkuta Urban Okrug[5] |
| • Capital of | Vorkuta Urban Okrug[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| Postal code(s)[7] | 169900 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 82151 |
| OKTMO ID | 87710000001 |
| Website | xn--80adypkng |
Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута́; Komi: Вӧркута, Vörkuta; Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner")[8] is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at the river Vorkuta. In 2010, its population was 70,548, down from 84,917 in 2002.
Vorkuta is the fourth largest city north of the Arctic Circle and the easternmost town in Europe. It is also the coldest city in all of Europe, boasting a record cold temperature of −52 °C (−61 °F).[9]
Vorkuta's population has dropped steadily since the fall of the Soviet Union, when mines were privatized and many people began moving farther south.[10] Many of the mines have been abandoned and by September 2020, the city's estimated population was only about 50,000.[11] A report in March 2021 described the villages in the area as "ghost towns" with many "abandoned structures".[12]
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
Lawwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Информационный портал администрации Воркуты - История Воркуты 1930-1945 годы (in Russian). Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ a b Глава городского округа (in Russian). Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Law-2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "About city". Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ Numminen, Pekka: Vorkuta Pohjois-Venäjällä on Euroopan kylmin kaupunki – ja asukkaat eivät sitä enää kestä [Vorkuta in northern Russia is the coldest city in Europe – and its inhabitants can't stand it any more], Iltalehti 24 December 2021 (in Finnish). Accessed on 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Above the Arctic Circle, a once-flourishing Russian coal-mining town is in rapid decline". Washington Post. December 20, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
Many people left their houses and moved from Vorkuta to more southern cities of Russia
- ^ "Vorkuta - Russia's Dying City Above the Arctic Circle". Dark Tourist. September 22, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
abandoned ghost towns towns that surround the coal-mining center of Vorkuta
- ^ "Inside Russia's deep frozen ghost towns". CNN. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
abandoned ghost towns towns that surround the coal-mining center of Vorkuta