Sosnogorsk
Encyclopedia
Sosnogorsk is a town in the Komi Republic
, Russia
, located on the Izhma River
. Population:
Municipally, it is incorporated as Sosnogorsk Municipal District .
The town was known as Izhma until 1957. During the Soviet
era, a corrective labor camp
was located here.
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Izhma River
Izhma River
Izhma is a river in the Komi Republic of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Pechora River. It is 531 km long, with a drainage basin of 31,000 km². 154 km from its mouth it has an average discharge of 203 m³/s...
. Population:
Municipally, it is incorporated as Sosnogorsk Municipal District .
The town was known as Izhma until 1957. During the Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
era, a corrective labor camp
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
was located here.