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Komi Republic is a region in Northwestern Russia, which borders Kirov Oblast to the southwest, Arkhangelsk Oblast to the west, Nenetsia to the north, Yamalia to the northeast, Khantia-Mansia to the east, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the southeast, and Perm Krai to the south.

[edit] Regions

[edit] Cities

• Syktyvkar — the capital and the only city in the region that qualifies as a tourist destination for its own sake
• Inta — a small city which housed one of the region's many gulags
• Pechora — a small city on the Pechora river; likely your base for exploring Yugyd Va
• Ukhta — a big industrial city centered around the nearby oilfields
• Usinsk — another oil city
• Vorkuta — a coal mining city in the tundra, which hosted one of the USSR's most notorious Stalin-era gulags, and has one of the closest airports to the beautiful but inhospitable polar Ural mountains

[edit] Other destinations

• Virgin Komi Forests — UNESCO World Heritage Site and largest virgin forest in Europe:
  • Yugyd Va National Park — The World's seventh and Russia's largest national park is also one of its most beautiful and remote—the place to go in the Urals for nature lovers
  • Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve

[edit] Understand

The Komi Republic is named for the Komi People, a Finno-Ugric group, who comprise a quarter of the region's population (ethnic Russians are the majority).

The region is of interest for two main reasons: its extensive and brutal gulag history and the beautiful mountain and forest areas in its east, most of all Yugyd Va National Park.

[edit] Talk

Most of the Komi People who live in the region speak Komi, a Finno-Ugric language closely related to Udmurt, but virtually all inhabitants of the Komi Republic are fluent in Russian.

[edit] Get in

Flights arrive to Syktyvkar from Moscow and Ufa. Trains arrive to Syktyvkar via Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Oblast.

[edit] Get around

Komiinteravia Airlines operate flights from Syktyvkar to other far-flung cities in the region.

[edit][add listing] See

[edit] Itineraries

[edit][add listing] Do

• Mt.Narodnaya – Climbing the highest top of the Ural Mountains

[edit][add listing] Eat

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[edit] Stay safe

[edit] Get out

In the late summer, boats head north from Pechora to Naryan-Mar, the capital of Nenetsia.

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