Syktyvkar

**Syktyvkar** (; ) is the caipital ceety o the Komi Republic, Roushie. Population: 

## Etymologie
The ceety's current name comes frae *Syktyv*, the Komi name for the same river, plus *kar*, meanin "ceety".

## Geografie
Syktyvkar is locatit on the Sysola River, which is the oreegin o its umwhile name **Ust-Sysolsk**. The ceety is locatit near tae the pynt whaur the Sysola joins the lairger Vychegda River, which is itsel a branch o the Northren Dvina.

## History
It is believit that thare haes been a dounset at the ceety's present steid syne at least the 16t century. It wis grantit ceety status bi Catherine the Great in 1780, an later became the admeenistrative centre o Komi Autonomous Oblast. It haes retained its poseetion as the Komi caipital syne that pynt, awtho a lairge influx o ethnic Roushies in the 20t century haes actually left the Komi in a minority thare.

The majority o the population wur merchants an peasants. The main occupations o the indwallers wur agricultur, cattle-breedin, huntin, fishin, an tred.

Bi the beginnin o the 20t century, the population haed grown tae 6,000 fowk. The Tsarist govrenment made the Komi region a place o poleetical exile.

In 1921, Ust-Sysolsk wis gien the status o admeenistrative centre o the newly formit Komi Autonomous Soviet Republic. It wis gien the name o Syktyvkar, which is Komi for "a toun on the Sysola". In 1936, Syktyvkar became the caipital o the Komi ASSR.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Syktyvkar is the caipital o the republic. Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it is, thegither wi three urban-teep dounsets an three landwart localities, incorporatit as the **[[ceety o federal subject significance|ceety o republic significance]] o Syktyvkar**—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, the ceety o republic significance o Syktyvkar is incorporatit as **Syktyvkar Urban Okrug**.

## Economy
The Sysola, Vychegda, an Northren Dvina Rivers are navigable an are a major transport route o forestry products frae Syktyvkar. Lummer an firthcrafts are the ceety's lairgest industries.

Previously Komiinteravia haed its heid office in Syktyvkar.

### Transportation
The ceety is servit bi Syktyvkar Airport an Syktyvkar Southwest airfield.

## Cultur an education
Syktyvkar is the centre o the cultural life in the republic. The auldest museum o the Republic o Komi, the Naitional Museum, wis foondit in 1911. Nouadays, the Naitional Museum is the Leeteratur Memorial Museum o Ivan Kuratov an the museum o Viktor Savin.

The Naitional Gallery wis foondit in Syktyvkar in 1943. It walcomes exhibitions frae different museums o the kintra.

In 1930 Victor Savin, a poet, playwricht, stage manager an actor, foondit the Drama theatre o the Republic o Komi an the theatre still cairies his name. Nouadays this theatre is ane o centres o spiritual an airtistic cultur o aw fowk who live in the republic. Plays o Nicolai Diakonov, Vasili Lecanov, Alexandre Larev an ithers are familiar tae iverybody who kens the history o Komi cultur. In 1966 the Drama theatre wis gien the status o the Academic theater.

The Theatre o Opera an Ballet began its history in 1958.

The Naitional Library nummers 2.5 million volumes, includin beuks in the Roushie leid, foreign leids an in the Komi leid.

Syktyvkar State University wis foondit in 1972 an haes ower 3,500 full-time students an 250 faculty memmers.

## Sports
Stroitel which haes played mony saisons in the heichest diveesion o the Roushie Bandy League, is nou ane o anerlie twa clubs in a lawer diveesion wi an airtificial ice.http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/8/&ei=gtfkTuvMCY7ktQaN3ZG6CQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCEQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/8/%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns

## Climate
Syktyvkar experiences a continental climate (Köppen climate classification *Dfc*) wi lang, cauld winters an short, wairm simmers.

## Twin touns an sister ceeties
Syktyvkar is twinned wi:
* Cullera, Spain
* Debrecen, Hungary
* Los Altos, Unitit States
* Lovech, Bulgarie
* Taiyuan, Cheenae

## References
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## External links
*Wabsteid o Syktyvkar  
*Syktyvkar. History 
*About Syktyvkar: Churches, History & Photogallery