Vorkuta

Vorkuta
A coal mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle.

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  • Vorkuta — ( ru. Воркута, kv. Вӧркута, Vörkuta ; Nenets for Place teems with bears ) is a coal mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic circle in the Pechora coal basin at the Usa river. Its population as of the 2002… …   Wikipedia

  • Vorkuta — Vorkutà dkt …   Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodyno antraštynas

  • Vorkutá — Воркута / Вöркута /Варкута Vorkutá / Vörkutá / Varkutá Bandera …   Wikipedia Español

  • Vorkuta — Vorkouta Vorkouta Воркута …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vorkuta — Original name in latin Vorkuta Name in other language Gorad Varkuta, VKT, VORKUTA, Voerkuta, Vorkoeta, Vorkouta, Vorkut, Vorkuta, Vorkut Vorkut Workuta, boleukuta, fwrkwta, vuVorkutaorukuta, wo er ku ta, wwrkwta, Вркута, ВОРКУТА, Воркута, Вркута …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Vorkuta —    One of the gulag system’s largest concentration of forced labor camps centered on the northern city of Vorkuta. The city and the camps were established in 1931 in the tundra north of the Arctic Circle for mining coal. The first 23 “settlers”… …   Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

  • Vorkuta — Sp Vorkutà õs Ap Воркута/Vorkuta L u. ir mst. RF (Komijoje) …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

  • Vorkuta — Stadt Workuta Воркута Wappen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vorkuta — Vor·ku·ta (vôr ko͞oʹtə, vôrʹko͞o tä) A city of extreme northeast Russia above the Arctic Circle. It was founded in 1932 to accommodate extensive penal labor camps. The camps were reportedly closed after the death of Stalin in 1953. Population:… …   Universalium

  • Vorkuta Airport — Infobox Airport name = Vorkuta Airport nativename = nativename a = Аэропорт Воркута nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = VKT ICAO = UUYW type = Public owner = operator = Vorkuta branch of FSUE Komiaviatrans city served = location =… …   Wikipedia

  • Vorkuta Sovetsky — Infobox Airport name = Vorkuta Sovetskiy nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = ICAO = type = Military owner = operator = Russian Air Force city served = location = Vorkuta elevation f = 630 elevation m =… …   Wikipedia

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