Usinsk

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); 45,358 (2002 census); 47,219 (1989 Soviet census). History Usinsk was founded in 1966 as a settlement at the newly discovered deposits of petroleum in the north of the Komi Republic. Town status was granted to it in 1984. Administrative and municipal status Within 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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Usinsk is incorporated as Usinsk Urban Okrug. Economy The 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 Notes Sources 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 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)