Sosnogorsk

Sosnogorsk (Russian: Сосного́рск) is in the center Komi Republic of Northwestern Russia. It was founded in 1939 as a railway station and later became home to a gulag. Today it is a small city of about 26,000 on the left bank of the Izhma River. Until 1957, it was known as Izhma (И́жма). == Understand == == Get in == === By plane === The closest airport is at Ukhty. === By train === Trains through Sosnogorsk go on to Vorkuta or Labytnangi. From Moscow's Yaroslavl Station there is a direct train, Moscow-Sosnogorsk. == Get around == There are three bus routes in town: 11, 19, and 21. == See == 1 Memorial Museum of Local History (Историко-краеведческий мемориальный музей), ул.Пионерская, д.18. == Do == In July, Sosnogorsk hosts the annual Komi Republic jazz, pop, and rock music festival! == Buy == == Eat == == Drink == == Sleep == == Connect == == Go next ==