Usinsk

The city is located in the north-east of the Komi Republic in the Urals, in the basin of the middle Pechora and its right tributary of the Usa River (about 4 km): it is located on the right bank of the river. Usa, near its confluence with Pechora, 3 km from the railway station station, 757 km northeast of Syktyvkar , 90 km south of the Arctic Circle . The territory of the municipal association “Usinsk” is 3056420 ha, which is 7.3% of the area of ​​the Komi Republic.

Timezone

Usinsk, like the entire Komi Republic , lives Moscow time , that is, the offset relative to GMT is +3: 00 (MSK).

Climate

Climate: in spite of the fact that on the climatic map of Russia the climate is designated as moderately continental, in its parameters it is closer to the subarctic. The average January temperature is about −20 ° C, in the summer the maximum temperature sometimes reaches +35 ° C, and the average July temperature is about +15 ° C. Snow cover lasts 230 days a year, from mid-October to June. From September to mid-October, frequent lingering, icy rains are frequent. The warmest season is from mid-July to mid-August.

The city of Usinsk and the urban district belong to the regions of the Far North (the village of Ust-Lyzha of the Usinsky urban district is equated to the regions of the Far North).

Natural monuments

• The rock "Ring", a geological monument, is located on the right bank of the Sharju River, 50 km from its mouth. Beds of dolomites and dolomitic limestones of Silurian age standing on their heads. In one of the strata, a hole (“ring”) of size 2.5 × 5 meters is formed. It is recognized as a geological monument in accordance with the Decree of the SM of the Komi ASSR on March 29, 1984 as an example of the manifestation of frosty weathering.
• The rocky exits “The Middle Gate of the Sharyu River”, a geological monument, is located 3.5 km above the “Ring”. Canyon-shaped section of the river with a length of 0.5 km. The height of the rocks is up to 70 meters. Recognized by Resolution of the Komi ASSR on March 29, 1984 to preserve the best carbon section of the Chernyshev ridge. Security mode custom.
• “Sharyu natural monument”, located 50 km from the mouth of the Sharyu river. Continuous rocky outcrops on both sides of the river for 1 km, composed of steeply inclined strata of coral, brachiopod, goniatite limestone, mudstones, oil shales, dolomites. Recognized by Resolution of the Komi ASSR on March 29, 1984 to preserve one of the most complete sections of the Upper Silurian, Lokhkovsky, French, Famennian tiers; the location of the fossil fauna.

Nature reserves

• Usinsky complex reserve, located in the interfluve of Pechora, Mustache, Big Son, Vyatkin. Created by Resolution of the Komi ASSR Council on March 29, 1984 (before that, since 1978 - the Usinsky wetland nature monument) to preserve a unique complex of wetlands of international importance.
• The Nebesanyur swamp, a marsh reserve, is located on the left bank of the Kolva River. Represents a transitional stage from aap to hilly bogs. The vegetation is shrubby-forb-sphagnum. The average depth is 2 meters, the maximum is 4 meters. Area - 1700 ha.
• Usinsky ichthyological reserve, located on the stretch of the river Usy between Cape Pictor and the mouth of the Ponyu River. It includes the channel of the river Usa and forest protection zones on both banks. Area of ​​7.8 thousand hectares. The width of the river Usa within the reserve is 400-600 m, the average depth is 2.5 m, and the maximum is 7 meters. The reserve was created by Decree of the Komi ASSR on March 29, 1984 to protect spawning grounds and whitefish breeding conditions.

Natural resources

The city owes its birth to oil and associated gas, the main capital of the local subsoil, the basis of the economic development of the territory. Currently, about 60% of oil and 3% of gas from the total production of these types of raw materials in the Komi Republic are produced in Usinsk.

MO GO "Usinsk" is located in difficult climatic conditions. However, in terms of its geographical location, created economic potential, reserves of proven natural resources and together with the Timan-Pechora territorial-production complex - a large fuel and energy base in the European part of the country, it is an important part of the national economic complex of Russia. Today Usinsk is one of the leading industrial cities of the Komi Republic.

Usinsk was founded in 1966, received the status of the city in 1984 . In March 1970, construction began on the city of Usinsk, initially it was simple wooden houses made of timber, on December 24, 1974 the first high school was built, and on May 1, 1975 the first 5-storey panel house was commissioned. After that, construction went at an accelerated pace, the city grew before our eyes. Young people from all over the Union built a dream city in the swamps. But with the collapse of the USSR , the pace of construction fell. In 1994, a major oil spill occurred in the Usinsky district.

As of January 1, 2019, in terms of population, the city was in 411 place out of 1115 ^[14] cities of the Russian Federation ^[15] .

Industry

The industry of the Usinsky district, this is more than 70% of all industry of the Komi Republic. About 27 thousand people work at 792 enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership. The main industry of the city is oil and gas production.

Currently, two large oil companies: Lukoil and Rosneft are developing oil fields in the Usinsky district. In addition, the following activities are carried out in the region: the Joint Company Rusvietpetro, LLC Yenisei, OJSC Komnedra, LLC NGK Gorny, LLC Nobel Oil (KO) and other companies. Oil is transported by Transneft-North (a branch of Transneft). There are also companies providing services for drilling and oil production: Nabors Drilling , Weatherford, Smith Siberian Services, Schlumberger, Halliburton, ERIELL Group and Baker Hughes .

60 km from the city (not reaching 20 km to the Arctic Circle), on the territory of the Usinsky district, since August 2011, the northernmost Yenisei oil refinery in the world has a capacity of 1.3 million tons per year ^[16] .

Telephone communications

• PJSC Rostelecom

the Internet

• LLC Usinsk-Network
• Date LLC
• PJSC Rostelecom
• JSC " TTK "

Mobile operators

• MTS
• Beeline
• Megaphone
• Tele2
• " Yota "

Railway transport

The final railway station on the Synya-Usinsk line of the Northern Railway (this is the line that was supposed to be extended to the oil fields to Naryan-Mar ).

Air Transport

The city has its own airport with a 2.5 km runway. The runway is covered with artificial turf (Runway). The airport is capable of receiving heavy cargo aircraft An-12 , An-24 , An-26 ; IL-76 , IL-114 ; Tu-134 , Tu-154 ; Yak-40 , Yak-42 ; ATR-42 . CRJ-100 ; Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia ; SAAB-2000 ; Boeing 737 and other types of aircraft 3-4 classes, helicopters of all types. Based airlines: Komiaviatrans.

In 2012, the design of reconstruction of the airport in Usinsk will begin, in 2013-2014 the airport should be reconstructed. A total of 1 billion 329 million rubles is planned for these purposes. 829 million from the federal budget will be spent on reconstruction of the airport, 125.4 million from the republican budget, and 374.6 million rubles from extrabudgetary sources.

Automobile transport

There is no road connecting Usinsk with the center of Russia. There are winter roads: Usinsk-Pechora-Vuktyl-Ukhta, as well as Usinsk-Pechora-Irael-Ukhta. The road has been under construction for more than a dozen years, the distance is about 600 km, about 20 km to the village. Ust-Usa - the nearest village, connected by an asphalt road. There is an opinion that the construction of the Usinsk-Pechora highway has been artificially slowed down, since such major monopolists as the Russian Railways , Komiaviatrans JSC and UTair Aviation PJSC will lose their main income in this area. as well as commercial water transport enterprises (ferry services), the villages of Ust-Usa , Kolva and the village of Novikbozh , as well as oil production drilling facilities, are connected to Usinsk by roads.

Through the winter road (January - mid-April) there is a direct connection with the cities of the Komi Republic and the Arkhangelsk region.

River transport

During the navigation period, navigation is carried out (there is a passenger line along the rivers Usa and Pechora).

Urban transport

Every day there are bus services:

• Usinsk - Parma
• Usinsk - Railway - Usador
• City ring
• City Hospital
• Usinsk - Water Intake
• Usinsk - Ust-Usa

Urban development and layout

Usinsk was built up under the USSR at an accelerated pace and with the collapse of the USSR, development was completely stopped, with rare exceptions. It is mainly built up with 5- and 9-story panel and brick houses, except for the Pionerny district, where 2-story barrack-type houses are mainly built.

In 2008, construction began on a new brick multi-storey building of improved layout with built-in office space and its own garage complex along Mira Street. In 2010, the construction of this house was completed.

It is curious that Vozeyskaya street runs exactly 66 ° C. Sh.

In Usinsk, there are 6 secondary schools, one primary school, one open shift school and the Center for Continuing Education for Children. There are 11 kindergartens and one orphanage. In addition, the city has a university - a branch of Ukhta State Technical University . Also in Usinsk there is a Polytechnic College (former Lyceum No. 36), in which you can get secondary vocational education.

• Usinskaya Nov (published since September 1, 1975 )
• "Our new North"
• Northern Vedomosti (gazetasv.ru)
• Usinsk-Inform
• Information Agency “Usinsk. Online »
• “Newspaper for All - Usinsk”
• "Our Usinsk"
• Usinsk Media Information Center (formerly Equus TV Channel)
• Usinsk-News

•   Naryan-Mar ( Russia ) ^[18]

• Official site
• Maps of the city, district, winter roads and roads.
• Topographic map of Usinsky district: Usinsk, pos. Parma, p. Mustache, bol. "Usvanur", lake The Great Wad