Pechora
| Pechora (English) Печора (Russian) Печӧра (Komi) |
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 Drama theater building in Pechora |
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| Administrative status (as of December 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of republic significance of Pechora |
| Administrative center of | town of republic significance of Pechora |
| Municipal status (as of December 2014) | |
| Municipal district | Pechora Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Pechora Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Pechora Municipal District, Pechora Urban Settlement |
| Head | Vladimir Mennikov |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 43,105 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Town status since | 1949 |
| Postal code(s) | 169600, 169601, 169606, 169607, 169609, 169615, 169616, 169619, 169669 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 82142 |
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Pechora (Russian: Печо́ра; Komi: Печӧра, Pečöra) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. Population: 43,105 (2010 Census);48,700 (2002 Census);64,746 (1989 Census).
Pechora was granted town status in 1949. Pechora was also the site of a Stalin-era gulag that operated from 1932 to 1953, although was partially emptied in 1941 as many of the in-mates 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 artefacts that were recovered from the gulag.
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.
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