Ukhta

Ukhta (; Komi: Уква, Ukva) is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic, Russia. It was known as Chibyu before 1939. 

 History 
Ukhta was founded in 1929 as an oil drilling village. It was given town status in 1943. As well as a link to the Pechora Railway, Ukhta has a small airport. The town was used in the gulag in the 1940s and 1950s by the Soviet Union.

 Economy 
Ukhta is located in the Timan-Pechora Basin, a major oil and gas-producing region in the Komi Republic. Its oilfields are located to the south of the town. Most of the town's oil is refined in oil refineries in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, although some is refined locally.

 Climate 
Ukhta has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) with long, cold winters and short, warm summers. Winters in Ukhta are less extreme compared to areas at a similar latitude in Siberia, although still very cold from a European point of view.

 Notable people 

 Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman
 Dmitri Aliev, Olympic figure skater
 Aleksandr Chupriyan, Minister of Emergency Situations
 Olga Fonda, actress
 Sergei Kapustin, hockey player
 Viktor Alexandrovič Lyapkalo, painter
 Eduard Rossel, Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Yulia Samoilova, Russian singer
 Alexander Sukhorukov, Olympic swimmer
 Arsen Pavlov, Former commander of Donetsk Seperatist militia "Sparta Battalion"

 References 
Category:Cities and towns in the Komi Republic