Komi Republic
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The Komi Republic, sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar.
Kozhim river, Yugyd Va National Park
Weathering pillars on the Manpupuner plateau are one of the "Seven Wonders of Russia"
Yugyd Va National Park
The Vym River, Komi Republic, Russia.
Vorkuta
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Vorkuta is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic of Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin, at the river Vorkuta. Population: 56,985; 70,548; 84,917; 115,646.
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…labor-camp sites, which gangs of prisoners initially carved out of the untouched tundra and taiga. The first mine, "Rudnik No. 1", became the city of Vorkuta, and other towns of the region have similar origins: "Prisoners planned and built all of the republic's major cities, not just Ukhta but also Syktyvkar…
Central Vorkuta
Mining College in Vorkuta
Halmer Yu River Waterfall
Vorkuta in 2012