MikunMikun is a town in Ust-Vymsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia, located north of Syktyvkar. Population:HistoryIt was founded in 1937 as a gulag settlement. Town status was granted to it in 1959.Administrative and municipal statusWithin the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with the settlement of Shezham, incorporated within Ust-Vymsky District as Mikun Town of District Significance Administrative Territory. As a municipal division, Mikun Town of District Significance Administrative Territory is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky Municipal District as Mikun Urban Settlement.