Posted by
Max on September 6, 2010
Hi everyone!I want to tell you about my hometown. I am sure most of you have no idea where is located. So I will tell all that I know. Also I hope you will get some answers on your questions, which you always ask me.Let's start.Ukhta is an important industrial city in the Komi Republic of northwestern Russia.
HistoryOil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century. In the mid-19th century, industrialist M. K. Sidorov started to drill for oil in this area. It was one of the first oil wells in Russia. There was homecraft oil-field in 1920–1921 in Ukhta. Lying on the river of the same name, the settlement was founded as the village of Chibyu in 1929, but in 1939 it was renamed Ukhta. It received the town status in 1943 when it was linked to the Pechora Railway. To the east of the city is Sosnogorsk, and to the southwest Yarega. As well as its rail link Ukhta also has an airport. The city expanded in the 1940s and 1950s by use of political prisoners' forced labour.
A view from Kuratova settlement at the 'Pioner gora' hill. 1950s
Pervomayskaya street and square. The beginning of the steet. 1950s.
Ukhta.1950s.
Geography and natural resourcesAverage temperature in winter: - 17,5 ° C. Sometimes temperature in winter can reach -50°C. Usually -20.. -30 °C we have have in winter .
Average temperature in summer: +15,5 ° C. Actually, we have only two warm/hot weeks, then it's getting colder.
Many of spruce and pine forests located in the Komi, as well as many marshes.On the territory of the Komi live squirrel, fox, brown bear, marten, ermine, mink European, otter, moose, wild boar.Ukhta is the oldest oil and gas producing regions of the republic. Currently operated by major oil Yaregskoe and West Izkosy orinskoe gas deposits.Explored the new Western-Timan Oil Field. Most of the growth stocks are expected when additional exploration Yaregskogo and West Ukhta deposits. Prospects of growth of industrial stocks on the undiscovered resources are limited.On the territory identified 147 peat deposits, of which the main number (122) evaluated at the level of forecast resources. Total peat reserves are 122.6 million tons. Explored two fields with commercial reserves of 3.3 million tons.Unique Yaregskoe titanium deposit concentrates almost half of the balance reserves of titanium Russia. For oil content in the ore is allocated oil saturated type of ore (5%) and water-saturated (less than 5%). In the first type of ore concentrate 34% of reserves of titanium ores in the second type - 66%.In the basin of the upper reaches of the river Ukhta are deposits of sedimentary bauxite ore (Upper Uhti some, Loimskaya and Vapovskaya), comprising Yuzhnotimanskogo bauxite district.Balance stocks accounted for in reserve deposit of gypsum "Sedyuskoe-2" (2,15 million tons). In the area of bauxite deposits Kedva-Vapovskoy area estimated resources kaolinite clays, associated with bauxite ores. Their volume -120 million tons.Raw materials for brick and tile industry is concentrated in 6 fields, 4 of which are being developed. The total reserves of clays are the industrial categories of 55,8 million cubic meters perspective - 23,4 million cubic meters Balance reserves claydite recorded in the contingency Syuzelskom deposit in the amount of 23,3 million cubic metersResources carbonate raw materials are mainly represented by large Belgopskim deposit. Here are explored some areas with reserves of limestone for the pulp and paper industry - 33 million tons, fluxing limestone - 43 million tons of limestone to produce building lime - 141 million tons for cement production - 324 million tons. For the production of crushed stone and rubble stone developed one site Belgopskogo deposits with reserves of 10.9 thousand cubic meters, as well as plot Sedyuskogo deposits with reserves of 747.6 thousand cubic meters, Waste from the development of carbonate material can be used for liming of soils (the production of ground limestone).NowUkhta lies within the Pechora River basin, an important oil and gas-producing region. The oilfields lie on the south and north of the city. Some of the Ukhta's oil is refined locally; most, however, is piped to oil refineries between St. Petersburg and Moscow.Now Ukhta has developed industrial potential, diverse and well-studied resource base, its economy is dominated by different processing industries, a well-established manufacturing, construction and transport infrastructure.In Ukhta formed qualified, including scientific-technical, human capacity at enterprises of oil refining, mining of oil, machine building industry. The city operates several research and design institutes in the field of exploration, exploitation and design of oil and gas industry.
Lenina Street. The main street in the town.
There are several russian industrial giants located in Ukhta. They are1. Transneft - Severnuye magistral'nuye nefteprovodyJoint-stock company "Transneft" largest oil transportation company in the World. The company is engaged in transportation of oil and construction of oil pipelines
2. Gazprom - Gazprom Transgas UkhtaOne of the largest energy companies in the world. Its main thrusts are the exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and marketing of hydrocarbons, as well as the production and sale of electricity and thermal energy.
3. LukoilSecond, after Gazprom's total operating revenues, the company in Russia. Company's main activities - exploration and production of oil and natural gas production and sale of petroleum products.
Higher education in Ukhta give the following schools: Ukhta State Technical University (formerly known as Ukhta Industrial Institute), Institute of Management and International Business, a branch of the Metropolitan Institute for the Humanities, a subsidiary of Contemporary gumanitornogo Institute, a branch of the Russian State University of RailwaysFamous people from UkhtaSergei Kapustin - former USSR national hockey team member who won the 1981 Canada Cup.Roman Abramovich - Russian billionaire and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs.Alexander Sukhorukov - member of the Russian swimming national team since 2004. Silver medalist 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in estafere 4 × 200 meter freestyle. World champion 2008 and world record holder in the combined relay 4 × 100 meters on the short water. Silver medalist in 2008 in the relay 4x200 m freestyle.That's all that I remember at the moment.If you have some questions, I will answer to you with my pleasure.P.S.If you find any errors, feel free to correct me =:c)
Comments
as always ;)
It's style of live I think. even it's -50C all go to work :)
See you later.
Thanks Irina.
useful infomation for learners. Best Wishes.