# Pechora

Pechora (Russian: Печо́ра; Komi: Печӧра, romanized: Pećöra) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is 28.9 square kilometres (11.2 sq mi). Population: 43,105 (2010 Census); 48,700 (2002 Census); 64,746 (1989 Soviet census).

## History

Pechora was granted town status in 1950. Pechora was also the site of a Stalin-era gulag that operated from 1932 to 1953, although it was partially emptied in 1941 as many of the inmates were forced into service in the Red Army. There is a dedicated room at the Pechora museum where they display many of the records and artifacts that were recovered from the gulag. "Pechora" translates to "cave" in Ukrainian.

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Pechora is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories (comprising the urban-type settlements of Kozhva and Puteyets and eleven rural localities) and four rural-type settlement administrative territories (comprising seventeen rural localities), incorporated as the town of republic significance of Pechora—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Pechora is incorporated as Pechora Municipal District; the town of Pechora is incorporated within it as Pechora Urban Settlement. The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.

## Local government

Heads of the Pechora Urban Settlement:
* Vladimir Mennikov (United Russia), October 2008 - October 2012
* Konstantin Garkais (United Russia), 18 October 2012 - 25 December 2012
* Vladimir Anischik (United Russia), 25 December 2012 - September 2015
* Alexander Shabanov (A Just Russia), September 2015 - 30 September 2021
* Alexander Baka (United Russia), 30 September 2021 - current

## Transportation

The town is served by the Pechora Airport and the Pechora Railway.

## Military

Pechora Kamenka military air base and Pechora Radar Station are located nearby.

## Climate

Pechora has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are very cold, with average low temperatures in January of −22.5 °C (−8.5 °F) in January. Summers are mild, with average high temperatures in July of +21.7 °C (71.1 °F). Precipitation is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.
Climate data for Pechora :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.1 (93.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 7.7 (45.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 35.0 (95.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) | −12.2 (10.0) | −3.7 (25.3) | 3.2 (37.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 10.9 (51.6) | 2.4 (36.3) | −6.6 (20.1) | −11.1 (12.0) | 3.0 (37.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) | −16.4 (2.5) | −8.8 (16.2) | −2.1 (28.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | −0.1 (31.8) | −9.7 (14.5) | −14.6 (5.7) | −1.4 (29.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.8 (−7.2) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −13.6 (7.5) | −6.9 (19.6) | 0.4 (32.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | −2.3 (27.9) | −12.8 (9.0) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −5.4 (22.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −54.7 (−66.5) | −56.0 (−68.8) | −44.7 (−48.5) | −35.7 (−32.3) | −23.3 (−9.9) | −5.6 (21.9) | 0.1 (32.2) | −3.1 (26.4) | −9.5 (14.9) | −33.9 (−29.0) | −43.3 (−45.9) | −52.5 (−62.5) | −56.0 (−68.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.8 (1.65) | 32.7 (1.29) | 33.6 (1.32) | 37.7 (1.48) | 46.0 (1.81) | 73.4 (2.89) | 69.1 (2.72) | 77.9 (3.07) | 64.7 (2.55) | 65.2 (2.57) | 52.7 (2.07) | 48.1 (1.89) | 642.9 (25.31) |
| Average rainy days | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 143 |
| Average snowy days | 25 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 142 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 9 | 56 | 124 | 195 | 207 | 294 | 304 | 189 | 96 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 1,542 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: http://en.allmetsat.com/climate/russia.php?code=23418 ||||||||||||||