Usinsk (Russian: Усинск; Komi: Ускар, Uskar) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 757 kilometers (470 mi) east of the republic's capital city of Syktyvkar and 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of the town of Pechora, on the northern bank of the Usa River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population: 40,827 (2010 Census);[2] 45,358 (2002 Census);[6] 47,219 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Usinsk
Усинск | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Komi | Ускар |
 Aerial view of Usinsk | |
.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Usinsk  | |
  Usinsk Location of Usinsk  Usinsk Usinsk (Komi Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 66°00′N 57°32′E / 66.000°N 57.533°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic[1] |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Town status since | 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alexander Tyan |
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 40,827 |
| • Subordinated to | town of republic significance of Usinsk[1] |
| • Capital of | town of republic significance of Usinsk[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Usinsk Urban Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Usinsk Urban Okrug[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 169710, 169711, 169712 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 82144 |
| OKTMO ID | 87723000001 |
| Website | city |
History
editUsinsk was founded in 1966 as a settlement at the newly discovered deposits of petroleum in the north of the Komi Republic.[citation needed] Town status was granted to it in 1984.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
editWithin the framework of administrative divisions, together with the urban-type settlement of Parma and eighteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Usinsk—It is an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Usinsk is incorporated as Usinsk Urban Okrug.[3]
Economy
editThe town is the center for the production of oil and gas in the Komi Republic. Three quarters of all the oil produced in the republic comes from the fields in the territory around Usinsk. In 1980, the town was connected to the Pechora Railway by a 108-kilometer (67 mi) long sidetrack.
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e Law #16-RZ
- ^ a b 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 c Law #11-RZ
- ^ "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)
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
Sources
edit- Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №13-РЗ от 6 марта 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №44, 16 марта 2006 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #13-RZ of March 6, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of the official publication date.).
- Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №11-РЗ от 5 марта 2005 г. «О территориальной организации местного самоуправления в Республике Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу 1 апреля 2005 г.. Опубликован: "Республика", №44–45, 17 марта 2005 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #11-RZ of March 5, 2005 On the Territorial Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of April 1, 2005.).
External links
edit- Official website of Usinsk Archived November 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Usinsk. History. Nature Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)